The  New  York  Tercentenary 

An  Exhibition  of 
The  History  of  New  Nether  land 
1524-1674 


ARRANGED  AND  DESCRIBED  BY 

VICTOR  HUGO  PALTSITS 

Chief  of  the  American  History  Division 
and  Keeper  of  Manuscripts 


NEW  YORK 
THE  NEW  YORK  PUBLIC  LIBRARY 
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The  New  York  Tercentenary 

An  Exhibition  of 
The  History  of  New  Nether  land 
1524-1674 


ARRANGED  AND  DESCRIBED  BY 

VICTOR  HUGO  PALTSITS 

Chief  of  the  American  History  Division 
and  Keeper  of  Manuscripts 


NEW  YORK 
THE  NEW  YORK  PUBLIC  LIBRARY 
MCMXXVI 


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TABLE  OF  CONTENTS 


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Bibliography     -      --     --     --     --     --  2 

Record  Guides  -----------4 

Documentary  Collections   --------  5 

Topography  —  Land  Rights  —  Streets,  Etc.  -     -     -     -  6 

The  Indians  of  Manhattan  Island  and  Elsewhere  -      -      -  8 

New  Netherland  —  General  Works  -      -----  9 

New  Amsterdam  —  General  Works  -     -     -     -     -     -  12 

Regional  —  New  Amsterdam  and  New  Harlem    -  -16 

Regional  —  The  Bronx  -      -      -      -      -      -      -      -  -18 

Regional  —  Hudson  River  Localities  and  Rensselaerswyck    1 9 

Regional  —  Delaware  —  New    Jersey  —  Long    Island  — 

Staten  Island   ----------  22 

National  and  Racial  Elements   -----  -24 

Law  and  Religion    -  -  -  26 

Economics  and  Government  -      -      --      --      --  28 

Social  History  -----------  29 

Education  ------------29 

Voyage  of  Giovanni  da  Verrazzano,  1524  -  30 

Voyage  of  Estevam  Gomez,  1525  -     -      -      -     -     -     -  31 

Voyage  of  Henry  Hudson,  1609   -      --      --      --  33 

United  New  Netherland  Company,  Chartered  in  1614,  and 

Dutch  West  India  Company,  Chartered  in  1621    -      -  36 

New  Netherland  —  First  Administration:  Cornelis  Jacob- 
sen  May,  1624}  Second  Administration:  Willem  Ver- 
hulst,  1625      -     --     --     --     --     -  38 

New  Netherland  —  Third  Administration:  Peter  Minuit, 
1626—32  j  Purchase  of  Manhattan  Island  and  Found- 
ing of  New  Amsterdam  --------40 


New    Netherland  —  Fourth    Administration:  Bastiaen 
Jansz.  Krol,  1632—33}  Fifth  Administration:  Wouter 

VAN  TwiLLER,   1633—38     -        --        --        --  - 

New  Netherland  —  Sixth  Administration:  Willem  Kieft, 
1638-47 

New  Netherland  —  Seventh  Administration:  Peter  Stuy- 
vesant,  1647-64  -  - 

The  English  Interregnum  —  Administrations  of  Richard 
Nicolls,  1664—68,  and  Francis  Lovelace,  1668—73  - 

New  Netherland  —  Last  Dutch  Administration:  Antony 
Colve,  1673-74  -     -     --     --     --  -- 

New  York  Celebrations:  1914  -  1915  -  1924  - 


THE  NEW  YORK  TERCENTENARY 


AN  EXHIBITION  OF 
THE  HISTORY  OF  NEW  NETHERLAND 


Arranged  and  Described 
By  Victor  Hugo  Paltsits 

Chief  of  the  American  History  Division 
and  Keeper  of  Manuscripts 


IN  1624  the  first  settlement  within  the  confines  of  the  present  Empire 
State  of  New  York  was  made  by  the  Dutch  West  India  Company  at 
Fort  Orange  (now  Albany).  In  1626  other  colonists  arrived  at  Manhattan 
Island  with  Peter  Minuit,  and  in  that  year  there  had  been  effected  its  settle- 
ment, the  purchase  of  the  island  from  the  Indians,  and  consolidation  of  all 
families  in  New  Netherland  at  the  southern  end,  which  was  called  Fort 
Amsterdam.  This  settlement  was  never  wholly  disintegrated.  It  was  never 
abandoned.  In  these  beginnings  are  rooted  the  origin  of  the  City  of  New 
York. 

For  several  years  prior  to  the  year  1926,  there  was  great  expectancy 
among  numerous  organizations  of  men  and  women,  historically  minded,  that 
the  year  1926  would  produce  a  climax  of  celebrations  in  the  city  and  under 
official  auspices  worthy  of  the  leading  city  of  the  western  hemisphere.  Work- 
ing drawings  for  exhibitions  and  pageantry  had  been  completed  for  use  on 
several  floors  of  the  Grand  Central  Palace,  where  for  a  month  or  more  it  was 
designed  to  corral  thousands  of  visitors  and  focus  attention  upon  the  great 
birthday  of  the  city.  Not  only  did  this  feature  of  a  celebration  die  still-born, 
but  no  other  significant  observance  of  the  city's  attainment  in  the  historical 
firmament  was  carried  out. 

The  exhibition  in  the  Main  Exhibition  Room  of  the  Library  was  prepared 
in  coordination  with  the  expected  celebrations.  It  turned  out  to  be  an  event 
by  itself,  as  well  as  the  only  one  from  which  the  public  could  derive  an 
understanding  of  the  foundations  of  New  York  history.  It  was  arranged  in 
forty-five  flat  showcases  and  on  sixteen  sides  of  upright  standards.  The  ex- 
hibition was  organized  systematically.  The  arrangement  of  one-half  was 
primarily  bibliographical,  regional,  and  topical.  The  other  half  was  par- 
ticularly chronological,  from  the  first  recorded  discovery  of  New  York 
Harbor  by  Verrazzano  in  1 524  to  the  end  of  the  Dutch  jurisdiction  in  1674, 

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or  a  period  of  one  hundred  and  fifty  years.  The  materials  out  of  which  the 
historian  must  reconstruct  this  past  were  displayed  in  a  remarkably  complete 
series,  which  included  original  Dutch  records  and  other  manuscripts,  con- 
temporary maps  and  views,  rare  early  publications  and  numerous  modern 
books  and  pamphlets. 

It  would  be  unfitting  to  close  this  note  without  an  expression  of  thanks  to 
the  American  Numismatic  Society,  the  Pierpont  Morgan  Library,  and  Bron- 
son  Winthrop,  Esq.,  for  the  items  lent  by  them  and  described  in  detail  in  the 
list  below. 

The  list  preserves  the  record  of  the  display  cards  and  titles  of  the  items 
that  were  shown. 

The  exhibition  began  on  March  22d,  and  continued  through  September 
6th  (Labor  Day),  registering  a  total  of  80,899  visitors. 


CONSPECTUS  OF  THE  EXHIBITION 


BIBLIOGRAPHY 


Muller,  Frederik,  Amsterdam 

Catalogue  of  books  relating  to 
America,  including  a  large  number  of 
rare  works  printed  before  1700, 
amongst  which  a  nearly  complete  col- 
lection of  the  Dutch  publications  on 
New-Netherland,  from  1612  to 
1820.  [Amsterdam,  1850.] 

Asher,  Georg  Michael 

A  bibliographical  and  historical  es- 
say on  the  Dutch  books  and  pamph- 
lets relating  to  New-Netherland  and 
to  the  Dutch  West-India  Company. 
Amsterdam,  1854-67. 

Still  an  indispensable  guide  to  every  stu- 
dent of  the  history  of  New  York  under  the 
Dutch. 

Tiele,  Pieter  Anton 

Nederlandsche  bibliographic  van 
land-  en  volkenkunde.  Amsterdam, 
1884. 

The  titles  relating  to  New  Netherland  add 
nothing  new  to  the  earlier  Bibliographical 
essay  by  Asher. 


RlJKSMUSEUM  VAN  OuDHEDEN, 

Leiden 

The  Pilgrim  fathers.  Exhibition 
of  documents  from  public  and  private 
collections  at  Leiden  relating  to  the 
Dutch  settlements  in  North- America. 
August,  1888.  [Leiden,  1  888.] 

Prepared  on  the  occasion  of  the  visit  of 
members  of  the  Holland  Society  of  New 
York  to  Holland  in  1  888. 

A  list  of  Dutch  Americana  fills  p.  19—28. 

This  catalogue  is  also  inserted  in  the  Year 
book  of  the  Holland  Society  of  New  York 
for  1888-89,  between  p.  80  and  81. 

Flagg,  Charles  Allcott,  and 
Judson  T.  Jennings 
Bibliography  of  New  York  colon- 
ial history.  Albany,  1901. 

A  useful  and  practical  reference  guide  to 
the  printed  materials  relating  to  the  Dutch 
and  English  periods  to  1776,  though  not  par- 
ticularly accurate  in  spots. 

Published  by  the  New  York  State  Library 
as  Bulletin  —  Bibliography  24. 


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Bibliography,  continued 

The  New  York.  Public  Library 
Check  list  of  works  relating  to  the 

history  (general,  political,  etc.)  of 

the  City  of  New  York  in  The  New 

York  Public  Library. 

In:  Bulletin,  v.  5  ( 1 90 1 ),  p.  97- 

127. 

Shows  what  the  Library  had  in  1901. 
Considerably  augmented  since  that  date. 

Check  list  of  maps  and  atlases  re- 
lating to  the  City  of  New  York, 
1610-1 900,  in  The  New  York  Public 
Library. 

In:  Bulletin,  v.  5  (1901),  p.  60- 
73. 

Shows  what  the  Library  had  in  1901. 
Considerably  augmented  since  that  date. 

Van  Stockum's  Antiquariaat,  The 
Hague 

A  catalogue  of  rare  Dutch  pamph- 
lets relating  to  New  Netherland  and 
to  the  Dutch  West-  and  East-India 
Companies.  The  Hague,  1911. 

The  New  York.  Public  Library 

New  York  City  and  the  develop- 
ment of  trade;  a  reading  list.  New 
York,  1914. 

For  popular  use. 
NlJHOFF,  MARTINUS 

The  Hollanders  in  America.  A 
choice  collection  of  books,  maps  and 
pamflets.  The  Hague,  1925. 

Issued  as  his  Catalogue  518. 

Mac kay,  Constance  D'Arcy 

Suggestions  for  the  dramatic  cele- 
bration of  the  300th  anniversary  of 
the  purchase  of  Manhattan,  1626- 
1926.  Typewritten  manuscript. 

Compiled  and  arranged  for  the  Commun- 
ity Drama  Service  of  The  Playground  and 
Recreation  Association  of  America. 


Andrews,  William  Loring 

New  Amsterdam,  New  Orange, 
New  York.  New  York,  1 897. 

The  first  iconographic  guide  prepared  for 
collectors  of  prints  of  New  York  City. 

Copperplates  by  E.  D.  French. 

Edition  limited  to  30  copies  on  Imperial 
Japan  paper  and  170  on  American  hand-made 
paper. 

Grolier  Club,  New  York 

A  catalogue  of  plans  and  views  of 
New  York  City  from  1651  to  1860 
exhibited  at  the  Grolier  Club,  De- 
cember, 1897.  New  York,  1897. 

Andrews,  William  Loring 

The  iconography  of  the  Battery 
and  Castle  Garden.  New  York,  1901. 

The  New  York  Public  Library 
Check  list  of  engraved  views  of  the 

City  of  New  York  in  The  New  York 

Public  Library. 

In:  Bulletin,  v.  5  (1901),  p.  222- 

226. 

Shows  what  the  Library  had  in  190  1 .  Con- 
siderably augmented  since  that  date. 

Colonial  Order  of  the  Acorn  — 
New  York  Chapter 
Views  of  early  New  York.  New 
York,  1904. 

Copperplate  reproductions  by  Edwin  Davis 
French  include  the  Hartgers,  Montanus,  and 
Allard  views. 

Edition  limited  to  213  copies. 

Fridenberg,  Robert,  editor 

Illustrated  catalogue  of  the  no- 
table collection  of  views  of  New 
York  and  other  American  cities 
formed  by  Mr.  Percy  R.  Pyne  2d. 
Catalogue  descriptions  written  by 
Mr.  Robert  Fridenberg.  New  York 
[1917]. 

Special  edition  prepared  in  connection 
with  the  sale  of  the  collection  by  the  American 
Art  Association. 


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Bibliografhy,  continued 

Jordan,  Joshua  Hawkins 

Catalogue  of  a  loan  exhibition  of 
rare  views  of  old  New  York.  New 
York,  1909. 

The  exhibit  was  held  at  the  Lawyers  Title 
Insurance  and  Trust  Company. 


Weitenkampf,  Frank 

The  Eno  collection  of  New  York 
City  views.  New  York,  1925.  Illus- 
trated. 

Catalogue  of  the  collection  presented  to 
The  New  York  Public  Library  by  Amos  F. 
Eno.  Separate  issue  from  Bulletin,  v.  25,  p. 
327-354,  385-435. 


RECORD  GUIDES 


O'Callaghan,  Edmund  Bailey, 
editor. 

Calendar  of  N.  Y.  colonial  manu- 
scripts, indorsed  land  papers;  in  the 
office  of  the  Secretary  of  State  of 
New  York.  1643-1803.  Albany, 
1864. 

It  is  an  inventory  to  an  important  series  of 
63  large  volumes  of  original  manuscripts,  con- 
sisting of  documents,  maps,  surveys,  etc.,  upon 
which  grants  of  land  were  made,  preserved 
in  the  Land  Office  of  the  Secretary  of  the 
State  of  New  York,  Albany. 

Calendar  of  historical  manuscripts 
in  the  office  of  the  Secretary  of  State, 
Albany,  N.  Y.  Albany,  1865-66.  2 
v. 

Part  I  —  Dutch  manuscripts,  1630—1664. 
Part    II  —  English    manuscripts,  1664— 
1776. 

These  calendars  have  brief  entries,  more 
in  the  nature  of  an  inventory.  Since  many  of 
the  original  records  to  which  they  relate  were 
burned  in  the  Albany  Capitol  fire  of  March, 
1911,  the  calendars  have  now  peculiar  in- 
terest, though  they  are  not  nearly  accurate. 

Index  to  volumes  one,  two  and 
three  of  translations  of  Dutch  manu- 
scripts.  Albany,  1870. 

This  printed  index  relates  to  translations 
that  O'Callaghan  made  of  Dutch  manuscripts 
in  the  archives  of  the  State  of  New  York. 
Some  of  these  translations  as  well  as  the  origi- 
nal records  were  destroyed  in  the  Albany 
Capitol  fire  of  March,  1911. 


Holland  Society  of  New  York 

Dutch  West  India  Company  man- 
uscripts. 

In:  Year  book  for  1892,  p.  1 50— 
152. 

Banta,  Theodore  Melvin 

Dutch  records  in  the  City  Clerk's 
Office,  New  York.  New  York,  1900 

It  is  a  special  edition  limited  to  20  copies. 
First  appeared  in  Year-book  of  The  Holland 
Society  of  New  York  for  1900. 

Important  for  the  location  of  real  estate 
in  New  Amsterdam. 

Holland  Society  of  New  York 
Dutch  records  in  the  City  Clerk's 

Office,  New  York. 

In:  Year  book  for  1900,  p.  110- 

182,  and  for  1901,  p.  121-176. 

Fernow,  Berthold,  and  A.  J.  F. 

VAN  LAER 

Calendar  of  Council  minutes, 
1668-1783.  Albany,  1902. 

This  is  a  calendar  of  the  English  Execu- 
tive Council  minutes  of  the  province  of  New 
York,  issued  as  History  bulletin  6  by  the 
New  York  State  Library. 

Holland  Society  of  New  York 

Inventory  and  digest  of  early 
church  records  in  the  library  of  the 
society. 

In:  Year  book  for  1912,  p.  1-51, 
206-207. 


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Record  Guides,  continued 

Corwin,  Edward  Tanjore 

Recent  researches  in  Holland  and 
the  ecclesiastical  records  of  the  State 
of  New  York.  Read  Dec.  28,  1906. 
In:  Papers  of  the  American  Society 


of  Church  History,  series  2,  v.  1 
(1908),  p.  43-66. 

Also  issued  separately,  and  in  the  reprint 
of  the  Pafers,  1913,  p.  51-78.  The  author 
also  contributed  a  similar  article  to  the  Journal 
of  the  Presbyterian  Historical  Society,  v.  1 
(1901-02),  p.  161-188. 


DOCUMENTARY  COLLECTIONS 


Kelby,  Robert  Hendre 

The  New  York  Historical  Society. 
1804-1904.  New  York,  1905. 

The  history  of  this  venerable  society  and 
a  list  of  its  publications,  many  of  which  are 
shown  throughout  the  present  exhibition. 

New  York  Historical  Society 

Proceedings  for  1 843-1 849.  New 
York,  1 844-49.  7  v. 

The  principal  articles  relating  to  New 
Netherland  and  Manhattan  Island  are:  De 
Witt's  New  Netherland  (1844);  Brodhead's 
observations  respecting  two  ancient  maps  of 
New  Netherland  (1845);  De  Rasiere's  letter 
and  portions  of  Wassenaer  (1847);  George 
H.  Moore's  Peter  Minuit  (1849). 

O'Callaghan,  Edmund  Bailey, 
editor 

The  documentary  history  of  the 
State  of  New- York.  Albany,  1 849- 
51.  4v.  8°. 

There  is  also  an  edition  in  4  v.  in  4°,  pub- 
lished in  1850-5  1.  Of  the  two  editions  the 
quarto  is  to  be  preferred. 

Among  the  papers  printed  here  are  texts 
relating  to  the  Indians,  to  early  settlements, 
and  to  New  York  City  or  parts  thereof. 

Documents  relative  to  the  colonial 
history  of  the  State  of  New  York, 
procured  in  Holland,  England  and 
France  by  John  Romeyn  Brodhead. 
Albany,  1856-61.   10  v.  and  index. 

Continued  or  supplemented  by  v.  12—15, 
edited  by  Berthold  Fernow,  from  archives  in 


possession  of  the  State  of  New  York.  Albany, 
1877-83. 

The  Holland  documents  in  v.  1  and  2 
of  the  O'Callaghan  series  have  peculiar  value 
for  the  history  of  New  Netherland.  There 
are  some  early  items  in  the  English  documents 
that  bear  upon  the  Dutch  occupation.  The 
three  volumes  collected  and  edited  by  Fernow 
relate  principally  to  settlements  on  the  Hud- 
son, on  Long  Island,  and  on  the  Delaware, 
though  some  documents  bear  also  upon  Man- 
hattan Island  history.  A  volume  devoted  to 
Manhattan  Island  was  planned  but  never  pre- 
pared for  publication. 

Valentine,  David  Thomas,  and 
others,  editors. 
Manual  of  the  corporation  of  the 
City  of  New  York,  commonly  known 
as  Valentine's  Manual,  1841-2  to 
1  870.  28  v. 

The  volumes  to  1866,  inclusive,  were  ed- 
ited by  David  T.  Valentine,  Clerk  of  the 
Common  Council;  those  of  1868  and  1869 
were  issued  by  J.  Shannon,  and  1870  by  John 
Hardy.  No  Manuals  were  published  for  the 
calendar  years  1846  and  1867. 

Each  volume  contains  a  record  of  the  year's 
administration  of  the  city.  This  once  despised 
material  has  become  the  soundest  evidence  for 
the  historian  and  economist. 

The  supplementary  materials,  embracing 
contributed  historical  articles,  extracts,  trans- 
lations from  or  copies  of  records,  etc.,  are  less 
sound;  because  the  texts  are  often  not  copied 
correctly,  and  deductions  of  contributors  are 
too  often  untrustworthy.  This  mass  of  un- 
systematic material,  in  the  hitherto  uncritical 
use  of  it,  has  done  much  to  discredit  the 


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Documentary  Collections,  continued 
Valentine,  David  Thomas,  and  others, 

continued 

written  history  of  Manhattan  Island  during 
the  Dutch  and  English  periods. 

A  complete  set  in  perfect  condition  ex- 
hibited, the  volumes  opened  to  subjects  related 


to  the  Dutch  regime  and  earliest  English 
period. 

An  index  to  the  historical  additions  was 
published  by  Otto  Hufeland  in  1900,  and 
lists  of  the  illustrations  appeared  in  the  Man- 
uals of  1  857  and  1863,  in  Pasko's  Old  New 
York,  v.  1,  and  more  particularly  in  a  separate 
volume  published  by  the  Society  of  Icono- 
philes  in  1906. 


TOPOGRAPHY  —  LAND  RIGHTS  —  STREETS,  ETC. 


Macauley,  James 

The  natural,  statistical  and  civil 
history  of  the  State  of  New-York. 
New  York,  1  829.  3  v. 

The  first  volume  is  devoted  to  physiog- 
raphy and  natural  history;  the  second  to  the 
Indians  and  to  general  history  to  1750.  The 
third  continues  to  the  period  of  publication. 

Severely  compilatory  and  a  strange  medley, 
viewed  in  the  light  of  modern  knowledge. 

COZZENS,  ISSACHAR,  Jr. 

A  geological  history  of  Manhattan 
or  New  York  Island.  New  York, 
1843. 

The  earliest  separate  monograph  on  the 
subject. 

Hoffman,  Murray 

A  treatise  upon  the  estate  and 
rights  of  the  corporation  of  the  City 
of  New  York,  as  proprietors.  New 
York,  1853. 

This  is  the  first  edition.  Here  appeared  a 
fictitious  view  of  Hudson's  ship  at  anchor, 
September  13,  1609.  At  p.  320  there  is  a 
folded  plan  of  grants  as  far  north  as  the 
Fresh  Water. 

Superseded  by  the  second  edition  in  1862. 

Treatise  upon  the  estate  and  rights 
of  the  corporation  of  the  City  of 
New  York,  as  proprietor.  New  York, 
1862.  2v. 

Second  edition.  Materially  revised  in  its 
historical  and  legal  data.  The  second  volume 
is  an  "Appendix"  of  notes  and  diagrams. 


Hoffman,  Murray,  continued 

Valuable  for  tracing  the  development  of 
the  water  front  and  for  studying  the  city's 
jurisdiction  over  streets,  ferries,  and  markets. 

Viele,  Egbert  Ludovickus 

The  topography  and  hydrology  of 
New  York.  New  York,  1 865. 

Contains  a  large  topographical  map  show- 
ing the  original  watercourses  and  made  land 
of  Manhattan  Island.  This  map  is  exhibited 
in  a  related  upright  case. 

Reissued  on  five  sheets  in  1874. 

Gerard,  James  Watson,  Jr. 

A  treatise  on  the  title  of  the  cor- 
poration and  others  to  the  streets, 
wharves,  piers,  parks,  ferries,  and 
other  lands  and  franchises  in  the  City 
of  New  York.  New  York,  1872. 

An  important  guide  to  the  evolution  of 
title  in  the  city  of  New  York. 

Includes  ancient  streets  and  roads. 

The  old  streets  of  New  York  un- 
der the  Dutch.  New  York,  1874. 

A  paper  read  before  the  New  York  His- 
torical Society. 

Post,  John  J. 

Old  streets,  roads,  lanes,  piers  and 
wharves  of  New  York,  showing  the 
former  and  present  names.  New 
York,  1  882. 

A  useful  street  catalogue. 


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Topography  —  Land  Rights  —  Streets,  etc., 
continued 

Arnoux,  William  Henry 

The  Dutch  in  America.  New 
York,  1890. 

This  historical  argument  was  presented  to 
the  Court  of  Appeals  of  the  State  of  New 
York  in  the  Third  Avenue  Elevated  R.  R. 
case  with  respect  to  the  ownership  of  the 
streets  and  the  rights  or  easements  therein. 

Black,  George  Ashton 

The  history  of  municipal  owner- 
ship of  land  on  Manhattan  Island. 
New  York,  1891. 

A  scientific  monograph  which  traces  the 
municipal  ownership  of  land  from  the  grants 
to  the  city  in  1658  to  the  ordinance  of  1844. 

Issued  as  v.  1,  no.  3  of  the  Columbia 
University  studies  in  history,  economics  and 
■public  law. 

Hill,  George  Everett,  and  G.  E. 
Waring,  Jr. 

Old  wells  and  water-courses  of  the 
island  of  Manhattan.  [New  York, 
cop.  1897.] 

Issued  as  series  1,  nos.  10  and  11  of  the 
Half  Moon  series.  Papers  on  historic  New 
York. 

Smith,  Floyd  R.,  and  A.  C.  Perry, 
J*- 

Geography  of  New  York ;  the  state 
—  the  city.  New  York  [cop.  1904]. 

A  school  text-book  in  which  there  is  in- 
cluded a  sketch  of  the  early  history.  It  has 
pictures  that  are  fanciful  or  bogus. 

Peterson,  Arthur  Everett 

Landmarks  of  New  York.  An  his- 
torical guide  to  the  metropolis.  New 
York,  1923. 

Published  by  the  City  History  Club  of 
New  York. 


Emerson,  Frederick  Valentine 

A  geographic  interpretation  of 
New  York  City. 

In:  Bulletin  of  American  Geo- 
graphical Society,  v.  40  and  41 
(1908-09). 

Also  published  separately. 

United  States.  Geological 
Survey 

Geologic  atlas  —  New  York  City 
folio.  Washington,  D.  C,  1902. 

Besides  the  maps  which  show  the  geological 
composition  of  the  earth's  surface  on  and 
around  rVlanhattan  Island,  there  is  an  ac- 
companying text.  Thoroughly  scientific.  In 
a  related  upright  case  are  shown  the  historical 
and  surficial  sheets  of  the  geology  of  Greater 
New  York. 

Hobbs,  William  Herbert 

The  configuration  of  the  rock  floor 
of  Greater  New  York.  Washington, 
1905. 

Issued  as  Bulletin  no.  270  of  the  U.  S. 
Geological  Survey. 

Has  geological  information  of  great  value 
to  construction  engineers  with  respect  to  ex- 
cavations and  foundations. 

Gratacap,  Louis  Pope 

Geology  of  the  City  of  New  York. 
New  York,  1909. 

This  is  the  third  edition,  enlarged.  It  was 
first  published  in  small  form  in  1901.  In  this 
enlarged  form  it  has  65  illustrations  and  four 
geological  maps  of  Manhattan  Island,  and  an 
astounding  list  of  the  rocks  and  minerals  of 
which  the  island  is  composed. 

Kelley,  Frank  Bergen 

Historical  guide  to  the  City  of 
New  York.  New  York  [1913]. 

Revised  edition.  Prepared  for  the  City 
History  Club  of  New  York. 


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THE  INDIANS  OF  MANHATTAN  ISLAND 
AND  ELSEWHERE 


New  Netherland  Papers 

Extract  from  a  private  letter  of 
Director-General  Stuyvesant  to  the 
Directors  at  Amsterdam.  November 
7,  1655. 

He  says  the  Dutch  are  stirring  up  the 
Indians  in  New  Netherland  and  that  he  him- 
self is  called  "the  great  Sachem  with  the 
wooden  leg." 

Megapolensis,  Joannes,  Jr. 

A  short  sketch  of  the  Mohawk  In- 
dians in  New  Netherland. 

Translated  into  English  for  Hazard's  His- 
torical collections,  v.  1  (1792),  and  revised 
for  New  York  Historical  Society's  Collec- 
tions, series  2,  v.  3,  part  1  (1857). 

The  original  Dutch  tract  was  printed  in 
1644  and  only  two  copies  are  known.  The 
English  version  follows  a  reprint  of  the  Dutch 
text  in  Beschrijvinghe  van  Virginia,  1651. 

Benson,  Egbert 

Memoir,  read  before  the  His- 
torical Society  of  the  State  of  New- 
York,  31st  December,  1816.  New 
York,  1817. 

Memoir  on  Dutch  and  Indian  names  in 
New  Netherland. 

Memoir  read  before  the  Historical 
Society  of  the  State  of  New  York, 
December  31,  1816.  Second  edition, 
with  notes.  Jamaica,  1825. 

Also  reprinted  from  a  copy  with  the  au- 
thor's last  corrections,  in  Collections  of  New 
York  Historical  Society,  series  2,  v.  1,  part  1 
(1848),  p.  77-148. 

Beauchamp,  William  Martin 

Aboriginal  place  names  of  New 
York.  Albany,  1907. 

Forms  Bulletin  108  (Archeology  12)  of 
the  New  York  State  Museum. 
A  handy  and  useful  work. 


O'Callaghan,  Edmund  Bailey, 
translator 
A  brief  and  true  narrative  of  the 
hostile   conduct   of   the  barbarous 
natives  towards  the  Dutch  nation. 
Albany,  1863. 

A  petition  from  New  Netherland,  dated 
October  31,  1655.  On  p.  21-48  there  are 
illustrative  documents,  as  the  treaty  with  the 
Indians  of  August,  1645,  and  pieces  of  165  5— 
1656. 

Tooker,  William  Wallace 

The  origin  of  the  name  Manhat- 
tan, with  historical  and  ethnological 
notes.  New  York,  1901.  (Algon- 
quian  series,  no.  1.) 

It  is  here  revised  and  enlarged. 
The  author  concludes  that  the  name  was 
derived  from  Manahatin,  the  oldest  form, 
and  is  descriptive,  signifying  "the  island  of 
hills." 

Ruttenber,  Edward  Manning 

Footprints  of  the  Red  Men.  In- 
dian geographical  names  in  the  valley 
of  Hudson's  River.  Newburgh, 
1906. 

In:  Proceedings  of  New  York 
State  Historical  Association,  v.  6 
(1906).  There  was  also  a  separate 
issue. 

Manhattan  and  its  local  names  on  p.  13ff. 

Johnson,  Edward  Payson 

The  friendly  relations  of  the  In- 
dians and  early  Dutch  settlers  of  the 
upper  Hudson. 

In:  Year  book  of  the  Holland  So- 
ciety of  New  York  for  1 907,  p.  121— 
137. 


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The  Indians  of  Manhattan  Island  and 
Elsewhere,  continued 

Skinner,  Alanson 

The  Indians  of  Manhattan  Island 
and  vicinity.  New  York,  1909. 

Issued  by  the  American  Museum  of  Nat- 
ural History  as  an  exhibition  Guide  leaflet, 
no.  29,  in  connection  with  the  Hudson-Fulton 
Celebration,  September,  1909. 

Wissler,  Clark,  editor 

The  Indians  of  Greater  New  York 
and  the  lower  Hudson.  New  York, 
1909. 

Forms  Anthropological  fafers,  v.  3,  of  the 
American  Museum  of  Natural  History. 

Includes  The  Lenape  Indians  of  Staten 
Island,  by  Alanson  Skinner;  Aboriginal  re- 
mains on  Manhattan  Island,  by  James  K. 
Finch;  The  Indians  of  Washington  Heights, 
by  R.  P.  Bolton. 


Atkins,  Thomas  Astley 

Relations  of  the  Dutch  and  the  In- 
dians prior  to  the  massacre  of  1655. 

In:  Proceedings  of  New  York 
State  Historical  Association,  v.  9 
(1910),  p.  237-255. 

Skinner,  Alanson 

The  Indians  of  Greater  New  York. 
Cedar  Rapids,  Iowa,  1915. 

A  readable  as  well  as  interesting  portrayal 
of  the  subject;  treats  also  of  the  archaeology 
of  the  Indians  in  the  greater  city. 

Forms  no.  3  of  a  series  called  Little  his- 
tories of  North  A  merican  Indians. 

Armbruster,  Eugene  L. 

The  Indians  of  New  England  and 
New  Netherland.  [New  York,] 
1918. 

Issued  in  an  edition  of  200  copies. 


NEW  NETHERLAND  —  GENERAL  WORKS 


Smith,  William 

The  history  of  the  province  of 
New-York.  London,  1757. 

First  general  history  of  New  York. 

Moulton,  Joseph  White 

History  of  the  State  of  New-York 
including  its  aboriginal  and  colonial 
annals.  New-York,  1 824-26.   2  v. 

Part  2  is  entitled:  Novum  Belgium. 

These  volumes  have  been  responsible  for 
numerous  errors  in  New  York  history.  They 
can  be  used  only  by  specialists  with  great  cau- 
tion. Yates,  whose  name  is  also  given  on  the 
title  of  v.  1,  wrote  none  of  them. 

Dunlap,  William 

History  of  the  New  Netherlands 
[sic],  province  of  New  York,  and 
state  of  New  York.  New  York, 
1839-40.  2v. 

Of  very  little  use  now. 


Lambrechtsen,  Nicolaas 
cornelis 
Korte  beschrijving  van  de  ontdek- 
king  en  der  verdere  lotgevallen  van 
Nieuw-Nederland.  Middelburg, 
1818. 

An  excellent  treatise  for  so  early  a  date, 
as  it  was  mainly  written  in  1813—1815.  The 
author  made  good  use  of  Dutch  sources  then 
almost  unknown  to  American  writers. 

In  1819  an  English  translation  was  made 
by  Frangois  Adriaan  van  der  Kemp,  which, 
with  notes  added,  was  printed  in  Collections 
of  the  New  York  Historical  Society,  series  2, 
v.  1  (1841),  p.  75-123. 

Watson,  John  Fanning 

Historic  tales  of  olden  time:  con- 
cerning the  early  settlement  and  ad- 
vancement of  New- York  City'  and 
State.  New  York,  1832. 

A  book  based  in  the  main  on  his  earlier 
work  written  in  1828  and  Moulton's  His- 


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New  Netherland  —  General  Works, 
continued 

Watson,  John  Fanning,  continued 
torica!  notices.    Some  of  the  pictures  are 
stupid,    as    "Fort    Amsterdam    Village  — 
1623";  Stuyvesant  on  horseback,  and  the  Stadt 
Huys  or  City  Hall  put  down  as  "built  1602." 

Watson,  John  Fanning 

Annals  and  occurrences  of  New 
York  City  and  State,  in  the  olden 
time.  Philadelphia,  1846. 

This  work  has  many  errors,  judged  in  the 
light  of  modern  knowledge.  If  used  critically 
it  may  still  serve  here  and  there.  A  chapter 
on  "Ancient  memorials"  is  suggestive  of  the 
value  of  documentary  materials.  Some  of  the 
pictures  are  fanciful  and  therefore  to  be 
avoided.  Part  of  the  text  was  written  in  1828 
as  an  appendix  to  his  Annals  of  Philadelphia, 
oi  is  taken  from  his  Historic  tales  of  olden 
time  (New  York,  1832). 

"The  reader  of  the  present  day  will  find 
the  book  worthless,  except  for  an  occasional 
fact  which  he  may  need  to  complete  some 
picture  of  life  and  personalities  of  a  past 
time."  —  Professor  Herbert  L.  Osgood,  in 
Larned's  Literature  of  American  history,  p. 
374. 

Proposals  for  publishing,  by  sub- 
scription, the  second  volume  of  the 
History  of  New  Netherland,  by  E. 
B.  O'Callaghan,  M.  D. 

Printed  subscription  form,  not  filled  in. 

O'Callaghan,  Edmund  Bailey 

History  of  New  Netherland ;  or, 
New  York  under  the  Dutch.  New 
York,  1846-48.  2  v. 

Dr.  O'Callaghan  was  the  first  historian  to 
write  a  history  of  New  Netherland  derived 
from  a  mass  of  original  sources  in  the  archives 
of  the  State  of  New  York,  in  England,  and 
in  Holland.  He  was  the  first  to  explore  and 
use  the  Rensselaerswyck  papers. 

The  publication  of  these  volumes,  the 
labor  of  years,  netted  no  pay  to  the  author. 

v.  1  takes  the  history  through  1646;  v.  2 
covers  1647-1664. 


O'Callaghan,  Edmund  Bailey,  continued 
The  appendices  of  both  volumes  contain 

documents. 

There  is  an  issue  in  which  both  volumes 

are  dated  1848;  also  a  second  edition  of  1  85  5. 
The  author's  set  with  numerous  revisions, 

etc.,  intended  for  a  new  edition,  revealing 

new  sources  of  information,  is  also  exhibited. 

The  Register  of  New  Netherland; 
1626-1674.  Albany,  1865. 

It  is  a  civil  list,  with  some  introductory 
annals  of  New  Netherland. 

Brodhead,  John  Romeyn 

History  of  the  State  of  New  York. 
New  York,  1853-71.   2  v. 

A  constructive  work  of  great  value  and 
accurately  written  from  primary  sources,  many 
of  which  had  never  been  used  before  by  his- 
torians. In  the  early  period  it  is  now  subject 
to  revision.  A  second  edition  of  v.  1  appeared 
in  1859.  This  is  also  shown.  Manuscript  for 
a  third  volume  was  prepared,  but  never 
printed,  and  is  now  lost. 

Schuyler,  George  Washington 

Colonial  New  York;  Philip 
Schuyler  and  his  family.  New  York, 
1885.   2  v. 

Principally  a  Schuyler  genealogy. 

The  introduction,  in  three  parts,  discusses 
patroonships  in  New  Netherland,  the  Durch 
on  the  Delaware,  and  the  relations  of  New 
Netherland  with  New  England. 

Papers  relating  to  the  first  settle- 
ment of  New  York  by  the  Dutch  .  .  . 
and  the  description  and  first  settle- 
ment of  New  Netherland.  Edin- 
burgh, 1888.  2v. 

Forms  Collectanea  Adamantaa,  xx vi I. 

The  title  is  misleading,  v.  1  is  a  "List  of 
the  early  immigrants,"  for  1657-1664,  taken 
from  the  Documentary  history  of  New  York, 
and  v.  2  has  a  description  of  New  Netherland 
from  Wassenaer. 


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1  1 


New  Netherland  —  General  Works, 
continued 

Fernow,  Berthold 

New  Netherland,  or  the  Dutch  in 
North  America. 

In:  Justin  Winsor's  Narrative  and 
critical  history  of  America ,  v.  4,  p. 
395-442,  with  a  critical  essay  on  the 
sources  of  information. 

Holland  Society  of  New  York 

Early  immigrants  to  New  Nether- 
land. List  of  owners  of  lots  in  New 
Amsterdam. 

In:  Year  book  for  1896,  p.  124- 
129,  167-177. 

Passengers  to  New  Netherland. 
In:  Year  book  for  1902,  p.  1-37. 

Fiske,  John 

The  Dutch  and  Quaker  colonies  in 
America.  Boston  and  New  York, 
1903.  2v. 

This  is  the  illustrated  "de  luxe"  edition. 
It  was  originally  published  without  illus- 
trations in  1899. 

Always  readable,  but  not  always  sound. 

Jameson,  John  Franklin,  editor 

Narratives  of  New  Netherland, 
1609-1664.  New  York,  1909.  (Orig- 
inal narratives  of  early  American  his- 
tory.) 

The  most  important  single  volume  of  early 
source  material  for  the  history  of  New  York 
during  the  Dutch  regime.  The  documents 
have  illuminating  introductions,  are  annota- 
ted, and  the  English  translations  are  better 
than  those  that  were  printed  hitherto. 

Irving,  Washington 

The  author's  apology.  Manu- 
script written  at  Sunnyside,  1 848,  by 
Washington  Irving  for  his  History 
of  New  York  by  Diedrich  Knicker- 
bocker. 


Griffis,  William  Elliot 

The  story  of  New  Netherland; 
the  Dutch  in  America.  Boston  and 
New  York,  1909. 

A  popular  story. 

The  New  Netherland  register, 
v.  1,  no.  1-8  (1911).  New  York, 
1911. 

Published  and  edited  by  Dingman  Ver- 
steeg.  Devoted  to  the  publication  of  material 
relating  to  the  early  history  of  New  York. 
No  more  published. 

Irving,  Washington 

Original  manuscript  note  book, 
dated  1 808-1 809.  40  pages,  mainly 
for  the  Knickerbocker  History.  Full 
old  rose  levant  slip  case.  Seligman 
Irving  Collection. 

Exposed  pages  have  reference  to  the  "ma- 
jestic galley"  of  Peter  Stuyvesant  as  it  "plows 
up  the  majestic  bosom  of  the  Hudson." 

Manuscript  note  book  for  Knick- 
erbocker's History  of  New  York,  in- 
scribed on  inside  cover  "Book  of 
Washington  Irving  of  Sunnyside." 
Seligman  Irving  Collection. 

The  exposed  pages  refer  to  Stuyvesant,  Van 
Rensselaer,  Beeckman,  and  other  Dutch 
worthies  who  figure  in  Irving's  History. 

A  history  of  New  York.  By  Die- 
drich Knickerbocker.  New  York, 
1809.   2  v. 

An  uncut  copy  of  the  first  edition  of  this 
literary  skit  on  the  Dutch  in  New  York,  in  the 
original  boards  binding. 

"A  manuscript  with  learning  fraught, 
Or  some  nice  pretty  little  skit 
Upon  the  times,  and  full  of  wit." 

Verplanck,  Gulian  Crommelin 

An  anniversary  discourse  deliv- 
ered before  the  New- York  Historical 
Society,  December  7,  1818.  New 
York,  1818. 

Contains  a  protest  against  Washington 
Irving's  Knickerbocker  History. 

Reviewed  in  North  American  review,  v.  8, 
p.  414-445. 


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NEW  AMSTERDAM 

Moulton,  Joseph  White 

View  of  the  City  of  New-Orange, 
(now  New-York,)  as  it  was  in  the 
year  1673.  With  explanatory  notes. 
New  York,  1825. 

The  view  is  a  poor  copy  of  the  Restitutio 
type,  from  a  hand  copy  made  by  Du  Simitiere 
in  1769. 

New  York  170  years  ago  with  a 
view,  and  explanatory  notes.  New 
York,  December,  1 843. 

The  view  is  the  Restitutio  type  and  was 
copied  from  a  hand  copy  of  the  engraved 
view  that  he  found  among  the  Du  Simitiere 
manuscripts  in  the  Library  Company  of  Phila- 
delphia. The  copy  was  made  by  Du  Simitiere 
in  1769. 

History  of  the  State  of  New- York. 
Part  ii.  Novum  Belgium.  New 
York,  1826. 

Showing  reproduction  of  the  view  from 
Beschrijvinghe  van  Virginia,  Amsterdam, 
1651. 

Goodrich,  Andrew  T.,  publisher 

The  Picture  of  New- York.  New 
York  [circa  1828]. 

In  this  edition,  which  differs  materially 
from  that  of  1825,  there  is  added  a  "Chrono- 
logical history  of  the  City  of  New- York," 
from  1609  to  Jan.  1,  1 8 2 8,  on  p.  1-135. 

Valentine,  David  Thomas 

History  of  the  City  of  New  York. 
New  York,  1853. 

The  appendix  contains  a  descriptive  list 
from  early  grants  and  deeds  (1637—1680) 
of  places  on  Manhattan  Island,  and  endeavors 
to  identify  them  with  respect  to  their  modern 
locations.  There  are  also  lists  of  inhabitants 
in  1653,  1655,  1674;  the  Selyns  list  of  mem- 
bers of  the  Dutch  Church,  1 686,  etc. 

It  has  been  alleged  that  John  Paulding  is 
the  virtual  author  of  this  history.  Valentine 
makes  acknowledgment  to  Paulding  for  par- 


-GENERAL  WORKS 

ticular  aid,  but  in  the  copyright  as  in  the 
book,  Valentine's  claim  to  authorship  is  very 
definite. 

Davis,  Asahel 

History  of  New  Amsterdam ;  or, 
New  York  as  it  was,  in  the  days  of  the 
Dutch  governors.  [New  York,] 
1854. 

A  popular  account. 

Booth,  Mary  Louise 

History  of  the  City  of  New  York. 
New  York,  1859. 

This  popular  work  was  for  some  years  after 
its  publication  the  only  complete  history  of 
the  city. 

Reissued  in  1860,  1865,  1866.  With  ad- 
ditions and  alterations  in  1867  (2  v.).  Again 
revised  and  brought  down  to  date  (1880). 
Modern  research  has  put  much  of  it  out  of 
date. 

The  editions  of  1867  and  1880  are  also 
shown. 

Stone,  William  Leete 

History  of  New  York  City  from 
its  discovery  to  the  present  day.  New 
York,  1868. 

This  is  the  first  edition  on  thin  paper  and 
without  illustrations. 

There  is  another  thin  paper  edition  with- 
out illustrations,  published  by  R.  D.  Cooke 
of  New  York,  1876,  as  The  Centennial  his- 
tory. This  is  also  shown. 

History  of  New  York  City  from 
the  discovery  to  the  present  day. 
New  York,  1872. 

The  best  edition,  on  thick  paper,  with 
many  illustrations.  It  is  a  compilation. 

"It  is  more  truly  an  account  of  events 
which  occurred  in  the  city  than  a  history  of 
the  city  itself;  a  large  proportion  of  these 
events,  however,  really  belong  to  the  history 
of  the  province."  ■ —  Professor  Herbert  L. 
Osgood  in  Larned's  Literature  of  American 
history,  p.  373. 


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Nezv  Amsterdam  —  General  Works, 
continued 

Richmond,  John  Francis 

New  York  and  its  institutions, 
1609-1872.  New  York,  1872. 

Still  has  some  use  for  the  institutional 
history  of  the  city. 

Lamb,  Martha  Joanna  Reade 
Nash 

History  of  the  City  of  New  York: 
its  origin,  rise,  and  progress.  New 
York  and  Chicago,  1877-80.  2  v. 

Also  a  new  edition  in  three  volumes,  New 
York,  1877-96,  with  additions  for  the  pe- 
riod 1880-1896,  by  Mrs.  Burton  Harrison. 

Lossing,  Benson  John 

History  of  New  York  City  (1609- 
1884).  New  York  [cop.  1884]  .  2  v. 

Severely  criticised  and  called  "formless 
and  scrappy  to  the  last  degree,"  in  The  Na- 
tion, v.  47,  p.  39. 

Todd,  Charles  Burr 

The  story  of  the  City  of  New 
York.  New  York,  1  888. 

A  picturesque  story  of  the  city  to  the  year 
1830. 

Darling,  Charles  William 

New  Amsterdam,  New  Orange, 
New  York,  n.p.,  1  889. 

Of  no  particular  use. 

Roosevelt,  Theodore 

New  York.  New  York  and  Lon- 
don, 1891.  (Historic  towns.) 

Professes  to  give  new  interpretations  rather 
than  new  facts,  and  "to  sketch  the  workings 
of  the  town's  life,  social,  commercial,  and 
political,  at  successive  periods,  with  their  sharp 
transformations  and  contrasts;  and  to  trace 
the  causes  which  gradually  changed  a  little 
Dutch  trading  hamlet  into  a  huge  American 
city." 


Janvier,  Thomas  Allibone 

In  old  New  York.  New  York, 
1894. 

A  well-written  popular  account,  with  the 
narrative  sometimes  imaginary. 

Wilson,  James  Grant,  editor 

The  Memorial  history  of  the  City 
of  New- York.  New  York,  1 892-93. 
4  v. 

The  first  volume  includes  the  period  of 
New  Amsterdam  and  the  Dutch  in  New  Neth- 
erland.  The  chapters  are  by  various  con- 
tributors and  have  a  varying  quality.  Some 
important  manuscripts  were  given  in  facsimile 
here  for  the  first  time. 

Moss,  Frank 

The  American  metropolis  from 
Knickerbocker  days  to  the  present 
time.  New  York  City  life  in  all  its 
various  phases.  New  York,  1  897.  3 
v. 

Popular  and  uncritical. 

Runk,  Edward  J. 

Annals  of  greater  New  York. 
New  York,  1897. 

An  uncritical  compilation. 

Half  Moon  Series.  New  York, 

1897-  98. 

There  are  24  monographs  in  24  parts,  by 
different  authors,  forming  two  volumes, 
edited  by  Maud  Wilder  Goodwin  and  others. 

Interesting  but  must  be  used  with  caution 
on  account  of  incompleteness,  faulty  deduc- 
tions, and  numerous  errors  of  fact. 

Half  Moon  Series.  Historic 
New  York ;  being  the  . . .  series  of  the 
Half  Moon  papers.    New  York, 

1898-  99.  2  v. 

This  is  the  republication,  extended  with 
notes,  maps,  and  illustrations. 


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New  Amsterdam  —  General  Works, 
continued 

Van  Pelt,  Daniel 

Leslie's  History  of  the  Greater 
New  York.  New  York  [cop.  1898]. 
3  v. 

Popular  and  unreliable. 

Zeisloft,  E.  Idell,  editor 

The  new  metropolis ;  memorable 
events  of  three  centuries,  1 600— 
1 900 ;  from  the  island  of  Mana-hat- 
ta  to  Greater  New  York  at  the  close 
of  the  nineteenth  century.  New  York 
[cop.  1899]. 

A  volume  of  text,  illustrated,  and  two 
oblong  portfolios  with  cardmounted  views. 
Includes  some  early  New  York  views. 

Van  Rensselaer,  Mariana  Gris- 
wold,  Mrs.  Schuyler  Van 
Rensselaer 
New  York  and  its  historians. 
In:  North  American  review,  v. 
171  (1900),  p.  724-733,  872-883. 

Two  fine  chapters,  in  the  first  of  which 
the  author  points  out  the  prejudiced,  erron- 
eous, and  careless  writing  of  the  history  of 
the  City  of  New  York  by  earlier  historians, 
and  the  bad  effect  which  Washington  Irving's 
lampoon  History  by  Diedrich  Knickerbocker 
has  had.  The  second  part  gives  an  excellent 
sketch  of  the  rise  of  scholarly  historical  re- 
search in  New  York  and  its  fruition  in  the 
pioneer  works  of  O'Callaghan  and  Brodhead. 

Colton,  Julia  Maria 

Annals  of  old  Manhattan,  1 609— 
1664.  New  York  [cop.  1901]. 

A  compilation.  Most  of  the  illustrations 
lack  authenticity. 

Wilson,  Rufls  Rockwell 

New  York:  old  &  new;  its  story, 
streets,  and  landmarks.  Philadelphia 
&  London,  1903.  2  v.  Illustrated. 

Popular  compilation. 


Ulmann,  Albert 

A  landmark  history  of  New  York. 
Also  the  origin  of  street  names,  and 
a  bibliography.  New  York,  1901. 

Told  in  story  form  "particularly  to  in- 
terest the  young,"  but  having  in  view  also  the 
interest  of  the  teacher  and  the  student  of 
history.  Most  of  the  earlier  pictures  are 
fictitious. 

The  book  gives  the  wording  of  many  land- 
mark tablets,  but  does  not  criticise  them,  to 
show  that  some  of  them  are  erroneous  either 
as  to  location  or  data. 

Innes,  J.  H. 

New  Amsterdam  and  its  people; 
studies,  social  and  topographical,  of 
the  town  under  Dutch  and  early  Eng- 
lish rule.  New  York,  1902. 

The  first  serious  attempt  to  treat  the  seven- 
teenth-century city  monographically  with  re- 
spect to  its  topography  and  its  social  organiza- 
tion. 

Janvier,  Thomas  Allibone 

The  founding  of  New  York.  A 
series  of  articles  written  for  the  New 
York  Times,  May  25-31,  1903. 

In  commemoration  of  the  250th  anni- 
versary of  the  founding  of  municipal  govern- 
ment in  the  City  of  New  York. 

Mounted  clippings. 

Versteeg,  Dingman 

The  City  of  New  Amsterdam. 

In:  Year  book  of  the  Holland  So- 
ciety of  New  York  for  1 903,  p.  1 72- 
204. 

Hemstreet,  Charles 

The  Story  of  Manhattan.  New 
York,  1907. 

The  author  says  it  is  "the  history  of  New 
York  City .  .  .  told  as  a  story." 

Most  of  the  pictures  are  bogus  and  there 
are  many  errors  in  the  text. 


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New  Amsterdam  —  General  Works, 
continued 

MacAtamney,  Hugh 

Cradle  days  of  New  York  (1609- 
1825).  New  York,  1909. 

Merely  a  compilation. 

Van  Rensselaer,  Mariana  Gris- 
wold,  Mrs.  Schuyler  Van 
Rensselaer 
History  of  the  City  of  New  York 

in  the  seventeenth  century.  New 

York,  1909.   2  v. 

v.  1 :  New  Amsterdam  to  1 664. 
v.  2:  New  Orange  and  New  York,  1 664 — 
1691. 

This  is  a  capital  work  —  the  first  really 
serious  endeavor  to  write  a  history  of  the  city 
under  the  Dutch  and  early  English  admin- 
istrations, in  which  the  affairs  of  the  city  have 
been  emphasized  and  in  which  the  provincial 
history  has  been  made  a  background  in  per- 
spective. 

The  "reference  notes"  at  the  end  of  each 
chapter  and  the  catalogue  of  5  50  titles  at  the 
end  of  the  second  volume  show  how  exten- 
sively her  researches  have  been  carried  on. 

Leonard,  John  William 

History  of  the  City  of  New  York, 
1609-1909.  New  York,  1910. 

An  uncritical  compilation. 

Brown,  Henry  Collins 

Book  of  old  New- York.  New 
York,  1913. 

A  picture  book. 

Shepherd,  William  Robert 

The  story  of  New  Amsterdam. 
New  York,  1917. 

A  separate  issue  from  the  Year  book  of  the 
Holland  Society  of  New  York,  1917. 

The  author  has  partly  rewritten  the  work 
for  a  tercentenary  edition,  announced  to  ap- 
pear in  the  autumn  of  1926. 


Stokes,  Isaac  Newton  Phelps 

The  iconography  of  Manhattan 
Island,  1498-1909. 

This  monumental  work  will  be  completed 
in  six  volumes. 

The  contents  so  far  as  they  relate  to  the 
period  of  the  present  exhibition  are  as  fol- 
lows: 

v.  1  (1915):  Chapter  I:  The  period  of 
discovery,  1524—1609;  the  Dutch  period, 
1609—1664.  Chapter  II:  The  first  years  of 
the  English  period. 

v.  2  (1916):  The  early  cartography  of 
the  vicinity  of  Manhattan  Island;  First  Dutch 
surveys,  1614—1616;  First  maps  and  globes 
published  in  Holland  showing  Manhattan 
Island,  1617—163  5;  English  maps  of  the 
region  after  Hudson,  1610—1646;  Second 
Dutch  surveys,  1630—1650,  including  the 
Minuit  maps,  Manatus  maps,  and  Janssonnius- 
Visscher  map  and  successors;  Maps  of  Spanish, 
Portuguese,  French,  German,  and  Indian 
sources,  etc.;  the  Castello  plan,  1660;  Dutch 
grants  map  and  key  thereto. 

v.  3  (1918):  The  Landmark  map  with 
reference  key  thereto. 

v.  4  (1922):  Historical  chronology  to 
1674,  covering  more  than  300  pages,  double 
columns,  in  very  small  (7-point)  type;  not- 
able reproductions  of  sources. 

v.  5  (in  press) :  To  contain  the  rest  of  the 
Historical  chronology  (1776—1909),  with 
additions,  etc.,  to  the  earlier  period. 

v.  6:  This  will  be  an  elaborate  index,  etc. 

The  thousands  of  pages  of  text  and  hun- 
dreds of  views,  maps,  plans,  facsimiles  of 
documents,  and  other  illustrative  matter,  all 
done  in  the  best  fashion  of  the  typographic 
and  graphic  arts,  together  with  its  mass  of 
solid  information  drawn  from  original  sources, 
render  this  work  an  enduring  monument. 
For  no  other  city  is  there  a  work  at  all  com- 
parable to  it. ' 


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REGIONAL 
NEW  AMSTERDAM  AND  NEW  HARLEM 


New  Amsterdam  Gazette.  His- 
torical sketches  and  reminiscences  of 
the  Dutch  regime  of  New  Amster- 
dam and  the  New  Netherlands  [sic], 
v.  1  (1883).  New  York,  1883. 

Edited  and  published  by  Morris  Coster. 

Old  New  York;  a  journal  re- 
lating to  the  history  and  antiquities  of 
New  York  City.  New  York,  1889— 
91.   2  v. 

Originally  issued  in  twelve  numbers. 

v.  II,  p.  1  ff.  Pearl  Street;  v.  II,  pp. 
251  ff.,  3  57  ff.,  426  ff.,  are  Dutch  records  of 
New  York  from  1 647,  etc. 

Edited  by  W.  W.  Pasko. 

New  Amsterdam  year  book.  no. 
1-3  (1897-99).  New  York  [1897- 
99]. 

Edited  by  Morris  Coster. 

Bellamy,  Blanche  Wilder 

Governor's  Island.  [New  York, 
1897.] 

Issued  as  v.  1,  no.  4  of  the  Half  Moon 
series.  Appeared  later  as  series  1,  no.  12  of 
the  reissue  called  Historic  Nezv  York. 

Smith,  Edmund  Banks 

Governor's  Island ;  its  military 
history  under  three  flags,  1637-1913. 
New  York,  1913. 

By  the  then  chaplain  of  Governor's  Island. 

Lamb,  Martha  Joanna  Reade 
Nash 

Wall  Street  in  history.  New  York, 
1883. 

In  three  chapters,  the  first  covering  1642— 
1774,  the  last  coming  down  to  1883. 

Also  in  Magazine  of  American  history, 
1883,  v.  9,  p.  305-334,  401-427;  v.  10, 
p,  1-30. 


Goodwin,  Maud  Wilder 

Fort  Amsterdam  in  the  days  of  the 
Dutch.  [  New  York,  1897.] 

Issued  as  v.  1,  no.  8  of  the  Half  Moon 
scries.  Also  published  as  series  1,  no.  1  in  the 
reissue  known  as  Historic  Nezv  York. 

The  Story  of  the  Fort,  with  pho- 
togravure of  New  York  in  1643. 
New  York  [1900?]. 

The  picture  is  a  modern  conception  drawn 
by  E.  L.  Henry,  and  should  not  be  considered 
as  an  historical  fact. 

Issued  by  the  Title  Guarantee  &  Trust 
Company. 

Trask,  Spencer 

Bowling  Green.  New  York,  1  898. 

A  separate  issue. 

Also  in  Half  Moon  series,  v.  2,  no.  5 
(May,  1898),  and  in  the  reissue  known  as 
Historic  Nezv  York,  v.  2,  p.  163-208. 

Hill,  Frederick.  Trevor 

The  story  of  a  street;  a  narrative 
history  of  Wall  Street  from  1644  to 
1908.  New  York  and  London,  1908. 

Appeared  originally  as  six  chapters  in 
Har-per's  magazine,  1908,  v.  116,  p.  686- 
693,'  837-846;  v.  117,  p.  126-135,  299- 
307,  455-463,  614-622. 

Enton,  James  V. 

An  old  street  of  New  York  [Pearl 
Street]. 

In:  American  historical  magazine, 
v.  2-3  ( 1 907—08). 

Jenkins,  Stephen 

The  greatest  street  in  the  world. 
The  story  of  Broadway  .  .  .  New 
York  and  London  [1911]. 

This  volume,  which  grew  out  of  a  lecture, 
is  a  compilation  derived  mainly  from  secon- 
dary printed  books. 


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Regional  —  Nezv  A  msterdam  and  Nezv 
Harlem,  continued 

Gerard,  James  Watson 

Anneke  Jans  Bogardus  and  her 
farm. 

In:  Harper's  magazine,  v.  70 
(May,  1885),  p.  836-849. 

Nash,  Stephen  Payne 

Anneke  Jans  Bogardus ;  her  farm, 
and  how  it  became  the  property  of 
Trinity  Church,  New  York.  New 
York,  1896. 

Putnam,  Ruth 

Annetje  Jans'  farm,  with  some  tid- 
ings of  its  first  possessors  and  the 
later  fruits  it  bore.  New  York,  1 897. 

In:  Historic  New  York,  series  1, 
p.  119-158. 

Tuttle,  Henry  Croswell 

Abstracts  of  farm  titles  in  the  City 
of  New  York,  East  Side,  between 
75th  and  120th  Streets.  New  York, 
1878. 

Yorkville  and  Harlem. 

Hewitt,  Edward  Ringwood,  and 
Mary  Ashley  Hewitt 
The  Bowery.  [New  York,  1 897.] 

Issued  as  v.  1,  no.  12  of  the  Half  Moon 
series.  Later  appeared  as  series  1,  no.  11  in 
the  reissue  called  Historic  Nezv  York. 

Rikeman,  Ann  A. 

The  evolution  of  Stuyvesant  Vil- 
lage (New  York  City).  Mamaro- 
neck,  1899. 

Sketchy  and  inaccurate  in  the  earlier  pe- 
riod. It  is  suggestive  for  the  later  years. 

Mott,  Hopper  Striker 

The  New  York  of  yesterday.  A 
descriptive  narrative  of  old  Bloom- 
ingdale.  New  York,  1908.  Illus- 
trated. 

A  good  regional  history. 


Post,  John  J. 

Abstract  of  title  of  Kip's  Bay  Farm 
in  the  City  of  New  York . . .  also,  The 
early  history  of  the  Kip  family.  New 
York,  1894.  3  v. 

Under  its  primitive  Dutch  grant,  before 
it  was  the  property  of  the  Kip  family,  this 
farm  was  a  tobacco  plantation  of  Hall  and 
Holmes. 

Original  Manuscript  Records  of 
the  Town  of  New  Haerlem, 
1662-1788.   9  v. 

The  pages  exhibited  are: 

Earliest  extant  Dutch  Court  record  of  New 
Haerlem,  January  13,  1662. 

Appointment  of  schout,  secretary,  and 
schepens  by  Gov.  Colve.  These  men,  apart 
fiom  other  duties,  sat  as  the  magistrates  of  the 
town.  Date,  October  4,  1674. 

Tax  list,  March  6,  1673.  Names  of  the 
owners  of  lands  and  lots,  amount  possessed  by 
each  and  tax  computed  according  to  the  tax 
rate. 

Entered  record  by  the  town-clerk,  Jan 
Lamontagne,  Jr.,  of  the  petition  of  the  in- 
habitants of  New  Haerlem,  to  Richard  Nic- 
olls,  first  English  governor  of  New  York, 
respecting  land  patents  and  their  confirma- 
tion, March  1  5,  1666/7. 

Account  of  Secretary  Bayard  for  salary  and 
making  translations  of  land  patents. 

Accounts  of  the  town  for  1679—1682, 
including  an  entry  for  glazing  the  town- 
house. 

Acknowledgment  of  sale  of  land,  signed 
by  Captain  James  Carteret,  who  had  married, 
in  1673,  a  daughter  of  Captain  Thomas 
Delavall,  member  of  the  Executive  Council 
of  the  province  of  New  York.  Instrument 
dated  November  21,  1679. 

Record  of  quit  rents  of  Harlem  lands, 
May  6,  1706. 

Inventory  of  the  effects  of  Jacqueline 
Parisis,  widow  of  Daniel  Tourneur,  August 
22,  1700. 

Agreement  of  the  inhabitants  of  Harlem 
for  a  division  of  the  undivided  lands  of  the 
town,  May  19,  1711. 


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Regional  —  New  Amsterdam  and  New 
Harlem,  continued 

Original  Deacon's  Book  of  the 

Dutch  Church  of  Harlem,  1 672— 

1694  (with  some  gaps). 

The  page  shown  contains  a  record  of  the 
Sunday  and  Friday  collections. 

Selden,  Dudley 

Conveyances  on  record  in  Regis- 
ter's Office.  New  York,  1  838. 

Mainly  relates  to  the  conveyance  of  lots 
in  the  Harlem  Commons.  On  p.  117-175 
are  patents  and  confirmations  issued  in  1666 
and  1686  by  English  governors  of  New  York. 

Riker,  James 

Mr.  Riker's  manuscript  Harlem 
notes j  a  chronological  record. 

Under  date  of  January  16,  1673,  is  a  "List 
of  Town'  Papers." 

Harlem  (City  of  New  York) ;  its 
origin  and  early  annals.  New  York, 
1881. 

The  original  edition  of  this  useful  local 
history,  the  result  of  patient  research  cover- 
ing a  quarter  of  a  century.  It  portrays  the 
land  system,  social  and  economic  conditions, 
and  government  of  this  town  during  the  sev- 
enteenth century. 


Riker,  James 

Revised  history  of  Harlem  (City 
of  New  York.)  Its  origin  and  early 
annals.  New  York,  1904. 

Edition  "revised  from  the  author's  notes 
and  enlarged  by  Henry  Pennington  Toler, 
and  edited  by  Sterling  Potter."  There  are 
considerable  additions  to  the  genealogies. 

Ehrlich,  Morris  William 

Historic  traces  on  upper  Manhat- 
tan. [New  York,]  1910.  . 

Only  a  few  copies  were  struck  off  of  this 
compiled  historical  map,  showing  the  lines 
and  landmarks  of  New  Haerlem,  as  well  as 
the  present  lines  of  city  streets. 

Pirsson,  John  W. 

The  Dutch  grants,  Harlem  pat- 
ents and  tidal  creeks.  New  York, 
1889. 

Relates  to  titles  to  meadows  in  the  bay 
of  Hell  Gate,  the  Harlem  Mill  Creek,  the 
Harlem  Mill  Pond,  Montagne's  Point,  Mon- 
tagne's  Flat,  and  Van  Keulen's  Hook. 

Dutch  records  and  patents  are  in  an  ap- 
pendix. 

Pierce,  Carl  Horton 

New  Harlem,  past  and  present. 
New  York,  1903. 

Issued  in  support  of  the  claimants  for 
Harlem  lands.  Documents  are  given  in  ap- 
pendices. 


REGIONAL  —  THE  BRONX 


Bronx  Board  of  Trade 

The  Borough  of  the  Bronx ;  a  city 
within  a  city.  New  York,  1909. 

Issued  on  the  tercentenary  of  Hudson's 
discovery. 


Jenkins,  Stephen 

The  story  of  the  Bronx.  New 
York  and  London,  1912. 

A  useful  compilation.  The  author  was  a 
school  teacher  in  the  region  of  which  the 
book  treats. 


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REGIONAL 

HUDSON  RIVER  LOCALITIES  AND  RENSSELAERSWYCK 


Munsell,  Joel 

The  annals  of  Albany.  Second  edi- 
tion. Albany,  1869.  9  v. 

A  few  volumes  exhibited  for  their  con- 
tents respecting  Rensselaerswyck. 

Collections  on  the  history  of  Al- 
bany, from  its  discovery  to  the  pres- 
ent time.  Albany,  1  865-7 1 .   4  v. 

Weise,  Arthur  James 

The  history  of  the  city  of  Albany, 
New  York.  Albany,  1884. 

A  pretty  good  local  history. 

Reynolds,  Cuyler 

Albany  chronicles ;  a  history  of  the 
city  arranged  chronologically.  Al- 
bany, 1906. 

Useful  compilation. 

Albany's  tercentenary.  America's 
oldest  city,  1624-1 924 ;  historical 
narrative,  souvenir.  [Albany,  1924.] 

The  official  publication  in  commemoration 
of  the  founding  of  the  first  Dutch  settlement 
within  the  confines  of  the  State  of  New  York. 

Bronze  Medal  in  commemora- 
tion of  the  300th  anniversary  of  the 
founding  of  Albany.  1624-1924. 

Vervelen,  Daniel 

Acknowledgment  of  indebtedness 
to  Marten  Gerritsen  for  1800  guil- 
ders. Made  before  Ludovicus  Cobes, 
secretary  of  Albany,  and  attested  by 
him.  Dated  Feb.  6,  1668/9.  Orig- 
inal manuscript. 

Map  of  the  colony  of  Rensselaers- 
wyck, about  1632.  Facsimile. 

From  Van  Rensselaer  Bozuier  manuscrifts 
(Albany,  1908). 


Plans  of  Albany  and  the  fort  of 
Albany,  Kingston,  the  fort  of  Sche- 
nectady, and  the  Indian  fort  at  the 
Flats,  facsimile  on  one  sheet.  Proof 
plate  for  John  Miller's  New  Yorke 
considered  and  improved,  1695 
(Cleveland,  1903). 

Rensselaerswyck 

Photograph  of  the  contract  made 
on  Manhattan  Island  August  6, 
1630.  Signed  by  Director-General 
Minuit  and  his  Council. 

The  original  manuscript  is  now  owned  by 
the  New  York  State  Museum  at  Albany. 

Photograph  of  the  deed  confirma- 
tory of  the  Indian  purchase  made  on 
Manhattan  Island,  August  13,  1630. 
Signed  by  Director-General  Minuit 
and  his  Council. 

The  original  is  owned  by  The  New  York 
Public  Library  and  is  also  exhibited  with  the 
Minuit  chronological  group. 

Jessurun,  J.  Spinoza  Catella 

Kiliaen  van  Rensselaer  van  1623 
tot  1636.  's-Gravenhage,  1917. 

The  title  is  misleading.  It  is  not  pri- 
marily a  biography,  but  treats  of  the  planning, 
planting,  and  development  of  the  colony  of 
Rensselaerswyck  under  the  patroonship  of 
Kiliaen  van  Rensselaer. 

Manhattan  Island  figures  in  the  narrative 
as  the  port  of  entry  and  the  seat  of  provincial 
control. 

The  value  of  the  book  lies  in  the  author's 
use  of  the  latest  sources  and  their  reinterpreta- 
tion,  though  the  book  does  not  furnish  much 
new  information. 

Spooner,  Walter  Whipple 
The  Van  Rensselaer  family. 
In:  American  historical  magazine , 

v.  2  (1907),  p.  1-23,  129-143,  187- 

212. 


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Regional  —  Hudson    River    Localities  and 
Rensselaerswyck^  continued 

Van  Laer,  Arnold  Johan 
Ferdinand 

The  patroon  system  and  the  col- 
ony of  Rensselaerswyck. 

In:  Proceedings  of  the  New  York 
State  Historical  Association,  v.  8 
(1909),  p.  222-233. 

ROEVER,  NlCOLAAS  DE 

Kiliaen  van  Rensselaer  en  zijne 
kolonie  Rensselaerswijck. 

In:  Oud-Hollandy  jaarg.  8 
(1890),  p.  29-74,  241-296. 

Van  Laer,  Arnold  Johan 
Ferdinand,  editor. 

Van  Rensselaer  Bowier  manu- 
scripts, being  the  letters  of  Kilaen 
van  Rensselaer,  1630—1643,  and 
other  documents  relating  to  the  col- 
ony of  Rensselaerswyck.  Translated 
and  edited  by  A.  J.  F.  van  Laer. 
Albany,  1908. 

Most  of  the  papers  relate  to  the  colony  of 
Rensselaerswyck;  but  there  is  very  valuable  in- 
formation touching  upon  the  early  history  of 
New  Amsterdam  and  other  parts  of  New 
Netherland,  and  relative  to  the  personal  his- 
tory of  early  settlers.  It  is  an  indispensable 
body  of  primary  materials,  presented  in  a 
creditable  manner  by  an  editor  who  holds 
high  rank  in  this  field  of  Dutch  documen- 
tation. 

Minutes  of  the  Court  of  Fort 
Orange  and  Beverwvck,  1652-1656. 
Albany,  1920. 

Minutes  of  the  Court  of  Rens- 
selaerswyck, 1648-1652.  Albany, 
1922. 

Paltsits,  Victor  Hugo,  editor. 

Inventory  of  the  Rensselaerswyck 
manuscripts.  Edited  from  the  orig- 


inal manuscript  in  The  New  York 
Public  Library.  New  York,  1924. 

The  original  manuscript  is  also  shown,  gift 
of  Howard  Townsend,  Esq.,  a  descendant  of 
the  Van  Rensselaers  and  one  of  the  last  offi- 
cers of  the  estate. 

New  Netherland  Papers 

Petition  of  Johan  van  Rensselaer, 
patroon  of  Rensselaerswyck,  and  his 
partners,  to  the  Burgomasters  of  Am- 
sterdam in  Holland  asking  interven- 
tion and  corrections  of  abuses  by 
Stuyvesant  against  the  liberties  of  the 
said  colony.  Undated,  but  about 
1650. 

Extracts  from  a  letter  of  Director- 
General  Stuyvesant  and  council  to 
the  Directors  at  Amsterdam.  August 
1  1,  1656. 

Indians  are  bold  when  drunk  —  Senecas 
bring  about  4,000  beavers  —  People  of  Fort 
Orange  and  Beverwyck  have  built  a  small 
church  —  Ask  for  church  bells  weighing  200 
or  300  pounds. 

Beernink,  G. 

De  geschiedschrijver  en  rechtsge- 
leerde  Dr.  Arend  van  Slichtenhorst 
en  zijn  vader  Brant  van  Slichten- 
horst, stichter  van  Albany.  Arnhem, 
1916. 

A  work  valuable  for  the  history  of  the 
colony  of  Rensselaerswyck. 

Has  an  appendix  of  documents,  1 625— 
1653. 

Brant  van  Slichtenhorst  was  not  the  actual 
founder  of  Albany  as  alleged.  He  became 
Director  of  the  colony  of  Rensselaerswyck  in 

1647,  arrived  with  his  commission  in  March, 

1648,  and  continued  in  that  post  till  1652. 
His  death  occurred  in  1666. 

Salmon,  Lucy  Maynard 

The  Dutch  West  India  Company 
on  the  Hudson.  Poughkeepsie,  N. 
Y.,  1915. 

By  the  professor  of  American  history  at 
Vassar  College. 


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Rensselaerswyck,  continued 

Fernow,  Berthold,  editor 

Documents  relating  to  the  history 
and  settlements  of  the  towns  along 
the  Hudson  and  Mohawk  rivers 
(with  the  exception  of  Albany),  from 
1630  to  1684.  Albany,  1881. 

Issued  as  v.  13  (old  series)  or  v.  2  (new 
series)  of  Documents  relating  to  the  colonial 
history  of  the  State  of  New  York. 

Pearson,  Jonathan 

A  history  of  the  Schenectady  pat- 
ent in  the  Dutch  and  English  times ; 
being  contributions  toward  a  history 
of  the  lower  Mohawk  valley.  Al- 
bany, 1883. 

Griffis,  William  Elliot 

Arendt  van  Curler,  first  superin- 
tendent of  Rensselaer wyck,  founder 
of  Schenectady,  and  of  the  Dutch 
policy  of  peace  with  the  Iriquois. 
|  Albany,  1887?] 

Paper  read  before  the  Albany  Institute 
Nov.  18,  1884. 

Kingston,  N.  Y. 

The  Dutch  records  of  Kingston, 
Ulster  county,  New  York  ...  1658- 
1684,  with  some  later  dates.  Part  1. 
May  31,  1658  -  November  1 8,  1 664. 
Esopus  —  Wildwyck.  [Translated 
by  Dingman  Versteeg.]  Revised 
translation  ...  by  Samuel  Oppen- 
heim.  xvi,  171,  xvii  p. 

In:  Proceedings  of  the  New  York 
State  Historical  Association,  v.  1 1 
(1912). 

SCHOONMAKER,  MaRIUS 

The  history  of  Kingston,  New 
York,  from  its  early  settlement  to  the 
year  1820.  New  York,  1888. 


Kregier,  Martin 

Journal  of  the  second  Esopus  war, 
1663.  Translated  from  the  original 
Dutch  manuscript. 

In:  E.  B.  O'Callaghan,  editor, 
Documentary  history  of  the  State  of 
'New  York,  v.  4  (Albany,  1851),  p. 
37-98. 

Blom,  Domine  Hermanus 

Letter  dated  at  Nieu  Amsterdam, 
September  18,  1663.  Photograph, 
o  p. 

The  original  Dutch  letter  is  in  the  archives 
of  the  General  Synod,  Sage  Library,  New 
Brunswick,  N.  J.,  and  an  English  translation 
is  in  Ecclesiastical  records  of  the  State  of  New 
York,  v.  1,  p.  534-535. 

Lounsbery,  William 

Historical  address  delivered  at  the 
city  of  Kingston  at  the  centennial  an- 
niversary of  American  independence, 
July  4,  1876.  Kingston,  1876. 

Daughters  of  the  American 
Revolution,  New  York.  — 
Wiltwyck  Chapter, 
Kingston,  N.  Y. 
An  historical  pageant .  .  .  Dec.  9- 

14,  1895.    Under  the  auspices  of 

Wiltwyck  Chapter  .  .  .  [Kingston,  N. 

Y.,  1895.] 

Hendricks,  Howard 

The  city  of  Kingston,  birth  place 
of  New  York  State.  Kingston,  1902. 

The  birth  date  refers  to  the  year  1777, 
when  constitutional  State  government  began 
there. 

Invitation,  to  Victor  Hugo  Palt- 
sits,  to  attend  the  celebration  of  the 
250th  anniversary  of  the  founding  of 
Kingston,  June  1,  1908. 


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Regional  —  Hudson    River    Localities  and 
Rensselaerswyck,  continued 

Reformed  Dutch  Church, 
Kingston,  N.  Y. 
Two  hundred  and  fiftieth  anni- 
versary,  September  twelfth,  thir- 


New  Netherland  Papers 

Original  letter  from  Nicasius  de 
Sille,  Councillor  of  New  Netherland, 
to  Hans  Bontemantel,  a  director  of 
the  Dutch  West  India  Company. 
October  27,  1655. 

Refers  to  the  Indian  attack  on  Staten 
Island  and  at  Pavonia,  etc. 

KOENEN,  HENDRIK  JaKOB 

Pavonia.  Eene  bijdrage  tot  de 
kennis  der  voormalige  nederlandsche 
kolonien.  [Arnhem,  1847.] 

An  early  monograph  relating  to  Michiel 
Pauw,  Lord  of  Achttienhoven,  Knight  of  the 
Order  of  St.  Mark,  and  his  patroonship  in 
New  Netherland,  named  for  him  Pavonia, 
embracing  Jersey  City,  N.  J.,  and  environs 
under  the  command  of  Cornelis  von  Voorst. 

Excerpt  from  Bijdragen  voor  vader- 
la?idsche  geschiedenis  en  oudheidkunde, 
1847. 

Versteeg,  Dingman 

The  founding  of  Jersey  City  to 
and  including  the  incorporation  of 
the  village  of  Bergen. 

In:  Year  book  of  the  Holland  So- 
ciety of  New  York  for  1 9 1 4,  p.  1-53. 

New  Netherland  Papers 

Extract  from  a  letter  of  Director- 
General  Stuyvesant  to  the  Directors 
at  Amsterdam.  October  30,  1657. 

Relative  to  English  encroachments,  partic- 
ularly on  the  eastern  part  of  Long  Island. 


Reformed  Dutch  Church,  continued 
teenth,   fourteenth,   one  thousand 
nine  hundred  and  nine.  [Kingston, 
1909.] 

The  order  of  exercises  during  the  celebra- 
tion. 


—  STATEN 

Fernow,  Berthold,  editor 

Documents  relating  to  the  history 
of  the  early  colonial  settlements, 
principally  on  Long  Island.  Albany, 
1883. 

Issued  as  v.  14  [new  series,  v.  3]  of  Docu- 
ments relating  to  the  colonial  history  of  the 
State  of  Nezv  York. 

Abbott,  Wilbur  Cortez 

Colonel  John  Scott  of  Long 
Island,  1634  (?  )-l  696.  New  Haven, 
1918. 

Stiles,  Henry  Reed 

A  history  of  the  city  of  Brooklyn. 
Brooklyn,  1867-70.   3  v. 

The  history  of  Manhattan  Island  is  in- 
volved, especially  in  the  first  volume. 

Stiles  also  edited  an  Illustrated  history  of 
the  county  of  Kings  and  the  city  of  Brooklyn, 
1884,  in  two  volumes. 

Putnam,  Harrington 

Origin  of  Breuckelen.  New  York, 
1898. 

Issued  as  v.  2,  no.  1  1  of  the  Half  Moon 
series. 

Hudden,  Andries,  and  Wolphert 
Gerritsen 
Deed  from  them  in  hand  of  Hud- 
den to  Gerrit  Wolphertsen,  Septem- 
ber 16,  1641,  of  sixty-eight  morgens 
of  land,  situate  on  the  flats  [the  bow- 


REGIONAL 

DELAWARE  —  NEW  JERSEY  —  LONG  ISLAND 

ISLAND 


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Regional  —  Delaware  —  New  Jersey  — 

Long  Island  —  Stat  en  Island.,  continued 

Hudden,  Andries,  and  Wolphert  Gerrit- 
sen,  continued 

ery  of  Achtervelt]  in  Keskachauge, 
the  first  white  settlement  on  Long 
Island. 

Photostat  from  original  owned  by  V.  H. 
Paltsits. 

Van  Wyck,  Frederick 

Keskachauge ;  or,  The  first  white 
settlement  on  Long  Island.  New 
York  &  London,  1924. 

A  sumptuous  work  dealing  with  the  lands 
of  the  Canarise  Indians  in  the  region  of  the 
present  borough  of  Brooklyn,  its  settlement 
and  early  settlers.  Illustrated  with  maps  and 
views. 

Amersfoort  [Flatlands,  L.  L] 

Petition  of  the  inhabitants  to  Di- 
rector-General Stuyvesant  and  his 
council  for  aid  in  building  a  church, 
June  4,  1 663,  and  the  marginal  vote 
in  Stuyvesant's  hand  making  the 
grant  of  250  guilders  in  beaver  value, 
done  at  Fort  Amsterdam,  June  7, 
1663.  Photostat. 

Strong,  Thomas  Morris 

The  history  of  the  town  of  Flat- 
bush.  New-York,  1 842. 

Fisher,  Edmund  D. 

Flatbush,  past  &  present.  Brook- 
lyn, 1901. 

Published  by  the  Flatbush  Trust  Com- 
pany. 

Bergen,  Tunis  Garret 

A  history  of  the  town  of  New  Ut- 
recht, N.  Y.  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  1884. 

A  separate  edition  from  Stiles's  Illustrated 
history  of  the  county  of  Kings, 


Riker,  James,  Jr. 

Extracts  principally  from  town 
records  of  Newtown,  L.  I.,  consisting 
of  one  volume  of  Court  minutes  and 
five  volumes  of  other  records.  Cop- 
ied by  James  Riker,  jr.,  in  1 846. 

Manuscript  volume. 

The  annals  of  Newtown,  in 
Queens  county,  New-York.  New- 
York,  1852. 

The  most  valuable  regional  history  in  the 
territory  of  the  present  borough  of  Queens. 

Clute,  John  J. 

Annals  of  Staten  Island.  New 
York,  1877. 

Useful,  but  poor  in  the  period  of  the 
seventeenth  century. 

Leng,  Charles  William,  and 
Edward  C.  Delavan,  Jr. 
A  condensed  history  of  Staten 
Island.  [New  York,]  1924. 

Issued  by  The  Staten  Island  Edison  Cor- 
poration. 

New  and  accurate  data  are  presented  here 
for  the  first  time. 

New  Netherland  Papers 

A  statement  concerning  the  Dutch 
claims  to  the  Delaware  country  and 
the  capture  of  Fort  Casimier  by  the 
Swedes,  together  with  Peter  Minuit's 
entry  into  the  service  of  Sweden. 
!654. 

Extract  from  the  Articles  of  Sur- 
render entered  into  between  Gover- 
nor Johan  Rysing  of  New  Sweden 
and  Director-General  Stuyvesant  of 
New  Netherland  respecting  the  cap- 
itulation of  Fort  Christina  on  the 
Delaware.  September,  1655. 

Shows  the  seventh  article. 


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Regional  - —  Delaware  —  New  Jersey  — 

Long  Island  —  Staten  Island,  continued 

New  Netherland  Papers 

Extract  from  a  private  letter  of 
Director-General  Stuyvesant  to  the 
Directors  at  Amsterdam.  October 
28,  1655. 

Relates  to  his  expedition  to  the  Delaware 
country,  depredations  by  Indians,  laws  against 
drunkenness,  profanity,  etc. 

The  Directors  of  the  Dutch  West 
India  Company  to  the  Deputies  of 
the  City  of  Amsterdam.  February 
15,  1656. 

Relates  principally  to  the  conquest  of  the 
Swedes  on  the  Delaware  and  placing  the  said 
region  under  the  jurisdiction  of  the  Dutch 
city  fathers. 

A  preliminary  document  on  the  founding 
of  New  Amstel  colony. 

Blommaert,  Samuel  van 

Brieven  van  Samuel  Blommaert 
aen  den  Zweedschen  Rijksanselier 
Axel  Oxenstierna,  1635-1641.  n.  p. 
[188-?]  (Zweedsche  archivalia  uit- 
gegeven  door  G.  W.  Kernkamp.) 

Separate  issue  from  Bijdragen  en  mededee- 
lingen,  no.  xxix,  of  the  Historisch  Genoot- 
schap  te  Utrecht. 

A  collection  of  documents  with  connecting 
historical  information  respecting  Samuel 
Blommaert,  many  years  a  director  of  the 
Dutch  West  India  Company;   his  relations 


with  American  colonization,  especially  his 
correspondence  with  the  Swedish  Chancellor 
Axel  Oxenstierna  concerning  Swedish  col- 
onization on  the  Delaware  and  elsewhere  in 
America. 

The  work  is  also  of  considerable  interest 
as  showing  the  career  of  Peter  Minuit  as  a 
promoter  of  Swedish  colonization. 

Papers  relating  to  the  colonies  on 
the  Delaware,  1614-1682.  Harris- 
burg,  1877. 

Issued  as  Pennsylvania  archives,  series  2, 
v.  5. 

Fernow,  Berthold,  editor 

Documents  relating  to  the  history 
of  the  Dutch  and  Swedish  settlements 
on  the  Delaware  river.  Albany, 
1  887. 

Issued  as  v.  12  [new  series,  v.  1]  of 
Documents  relative  to  the  colonial  history  of 
the  State  of  New-York. 

Johnson,  Amandus 

The  Swedish  settlements  on  the 
Delaware ;  their  history  and  relation 
to  the  Indians,  Dutch  and  English, 
1638-1664.  New  York,  1911.  2  v. 

An  authoritative  work  derived  from  orig- 
inal sources,  many  of  which  were  never  be- 
fore used.  Indispensable  for  New  Netherland 
history  since  it  inevitably  interlocks  with  the 
history  of  the  Dutch  government  at  New 
Amsterdam. 


NATIONAL  AND  RACIAL  ELEMENTS 


Bayer,  Henry  G. 

The  Belgians,  first  settlers  in  New 
York  and  in  the  middle  states.  New 
York,  1925. 

A  compilation  with  queer  deductions.  Re- 
viewed in  American  historical  review,  v.  31 
(1925-26),  p.  581-582. 


Beeckman,  James  William. 

An  address  delivered  before  the 
Saint  Nicholas  Society  of  the  City  of 
New  York,  December  4,  1 869.  [Al- 
bany,] 1870. 

Relates  to  "The  Founders  of  New  York" 
by  a  descendant  of  one  of  them. 


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National  and  Racial  Elements,  continued 

colenbrander,  herman 
Theodoor. 
The  Dutch  element  in  American 
history. 

In:  Annual  report  for  1909,  p. 
191-201,  of  the  American  Historical 
Association. 

Evjen,  John  Oluf 

Scandinavian  immigrants  in  New 
York,  1630-1674.  With  appendices 
.  .  .  on  some  Scandinavians  in  New 
York  in  the  eighteenth  century,  Ger- 
man immigrants  in  New  York,  1 630— 
1674.  Minneapolis,  1916. 

Based  mainly  upon  primary  sources.  A 
collection  of  biographical  articles  of  value  for 
the  social  and  cultural  history  of  New  Neth- 
erland. 

Fernow,  Berthold 

New  Amsterdam  family  names 

and  their  origin.  New  York,  1898. 

Issued  as  v.  2,  no.  6  of  the  Half  Moon 
series. 

Gerard,  James  Watson,  Jr. 

The  impress  of  nationalities  upon 
the  City  of  New  York.  New  York, 
1883. 

A  paper  read  before  The  New  York  His- 
torical Society. 

Griffis,  William  Elliot 

The  story  of  the  Walloons  at 
home,  in  lands  of  exile  and  in  Amer- 
ica. Boston  and  New  York,  1923. 

Reviewed  in  Mississippi  Valley  historical 
review,  v.  10  (1923-24),  p.  463-464. 

Hoffman,  Charles  Fenno 

The  pioneers  of  New-York.  New 
York,  1  848. 

A  defence  made  before  the  St.  Nicholas 
Society  of  Manhattan,  December  6,  1847,  of 


the  old  New  Yorkers  against  the  New  England 
historians. 

It  was  reissued  by  the  Society  in  1912  in 
imitation  of  the  original  edition  and  without 
corrections,  so  repeating  its  inaccuracies. 

Jahr,  Torstein 

Normamd  i  Nieuw-Nederland 
[Normans  in  New  Netherland]. 

In:  Symra,  v.  5  (1909),  p.  65- 
79,  a  Norwegian-American  quarterly 
published  at  Decorah,  Iowa. 

LeFevre,  Ralph 

The  Huguenots  —  the  first  set- 
tlers in  the  province  of  New  York. 

In:  Quarterly  journal  of  the  New 
York  State  Historical  Association,  v. 
2  (1921),  p.  177-185. 

Maar,  Charles 

The  High  Dutch  and  the  Low 
Dutch  in  New  York,  1624-1924. 

In:  Quarterly  journal  for  October, 
1924,  p.  317-329,  of  the  New  York 
State  Historical  Association. 

Ogden,  James  De  Peyster 

The  founders  of  New- York;  be- 
ing the  anniversary  address  .  .  .  be- 
fore the  St.  Nicholas  Society.  New 
York,  1 846. 

Illustrates  a  trait  of  the  period  of  addresses 
pleasantly  written  but  not  much  on  facts. 

Putnam,  Ruth 

The  Dutch  element  in  the  United 
States. 

In:  Bljdragen  voor  vaderlandsche 
geschiedenisy  reeks  4,  deel  9  (1910). 

As  a  study  of  the  Dutch  element  it  has 
some  interest. 


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LAW  AND 

McAdam,  David,  and  Others 

History  of  the  bench  and  bar  of 
New  York.  [New  York,]  1897.  2 

v. 

The  first  volume  has  a  chapter  by  Judge 
Charles  P.  Daly  on  the  "State  of  jurispru- 
dence during  the  Dutch  period,"  1623-1674. 

O'Callaghan,  Edmund  Bailey, 
editor 

Laws  and  ordinances  of  New 
Netherlands,  1638-1674.  Compiled 
and  translated  from  the  original 
Dutch  records  in  the  office  of  the  Sec- 
retary of  State,  Albany,  New  York. 
Albany,  1868. 

An  indispensable  volume  for  the  admin- 
istrative, legal,  economic,  and  social  history  of 
the  Dutch  province. 

Some  of  these  ordinances  in  a  different 
English  version  are  in  v.  i  of  Records  of  New 
Amsterdam. 

The  Dutch  Records  of  New 
York. 

In:  Old  New  York,  v.  2  (1890- 
91),  p.  251-261,337-343,462-470. 

Shows  ordinance  for  suppression  of  in- 
oidinate  drinking  and  other  laws  for  pre- 
serving order  and  decorum. 

Collegiate  Reformed  Protes- 
tant Dutch  Church,  New 
York 

Historical  sketch  of  the  origin  and 
organization  of  the  Reformed 
Church  in  America  and  of  the  Col- 
legiate Church  of  the  City  of  New 
York.  [New  York,]  1904!   3.  ed. 

Corwin,  Edward  Tanjore,  editor 
Ecclesiastical    records    of  New 
York.  Albany,  1901-16.   7  v. 

Edited  under  a  special  legislative  appro- 
priation and  published  by  the  State. 

The  Dutch  documents  are  given  in  an 
English  translation  in  v.  1,  here  exhibited. 


RELIGION 

Corwin,  Edward  Tanjore,  editor, continued 
A  manual  of  the  Reformed 
Church  in  America  (formerly  the 
Reformed  Protestant  Dutch 
Church),  1628-1902.  Fourth  edi- 
tion. New  York,  1902. 

The  final  edition,  the  first  appearing  in 
1859.  It  is  one  of  the  best  histories  of  a 
religious  denomination  in  the  United  States, 
but  should  be  used  with  caution  as  it  has 
numerous  errors. 

Eekhof,  Albert 

De  Hervormde  Kerk  in  Noord- 
Amerika  (1624-1664).  's-Graven- 
hage,  1913.  2  v. 

A  work  indispensable  to  the  church  his- 
torian, as  well  as  to  those  who  seek  to  under- 
stand the  Dutch  regime  of  New  Netherland. 

An  appendix  containing  the  texts  of  cer- 
tain Dutch  documents  is  particularly  useful. 

Greenleaf,  Jonathan 

A  history  of  the  churches,  of  all 
denominations,  in  the  City  of  New 
York,  from  the  first  settlement  to  the 
year  1 846.  New  York,  1  846. 

There  was  a  reissue  bringing  the  data  down 
to  1850.  An  interesting  work  at  the  time,  but 
now  virtually  out-of-date  or  superseded. 

Kretzmann,  Karl 

The  oldest  Lutheran  church  in 
America.  New  York,  1 914. 

A  chronicle  of  events  in  the  history  of  the 
Evangelical  Lutheran  Church  of  Saint  Mat- 
thew in  the  City  of  New  York,  1664- — ■ 
1914. 

Gives  a  facsimile  of  the  first  charter 
granted  by  Gov.  Richard  Nicolls,  on  Decem- 
ber 6,  1664. 


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Law  and  Religion,  continued 

Megapolensis,  Johannes 

Reply  of  Rev.  Johannes  Mega- 
polensis, pastor  of  the  Church  of 
New  Amsterdam,  to  a  letter  of 
Father  Simon  Le  Moyne,  a  French 
Jesuit  missionary  of  Canada,  1658. 
New  York,  1907. 

Edited  by  the  Rev.  Dr.  E.  T.  Corwin. 

Paltsits,  Victor  Hugo,  editor 

Minutes  of  the  Executive  Council 
of  the  province  of  New  York.  Ad- 
ministration of  Francis  Lovelace, 
1668-1673.  Edited  by  Victor  Hugo 
Paltsits,  state  historian.  Albany, 
1910.  2v. 

v.  2  is  shown,  opened  at  p.  5  85,  to  exhibit 
the  commission  authorizing  John  Lawrence, 
Dudley  Lovelace  and  John  Pell  to  compose 
the  differences  existing  among  the  Lutherans 
of  New  York  City.  Dated  June  5,  1671. 

Zwierlein,  Frederick  J. 

Religion  in  New  Netherland.  A 
history  of  the  development  of  the 
religious  conditions  in  the  province 
of  New  Netherland,  1623-1664. 
Rochester,  N.  Y.,  1910. 

Founded  upon  documents  and  other 
source-material.  Contains  a  select  bibliogra- 
phy that  is  valuable.  Presented  as  a  doctoral 
dissertation  to  the  University  of  Louvain,  Bel- 
gium. 

Daly,  Charles  Patrick 

The  settlement  of  the  Jews  in 
North  America.  New  York,  1 893. 

Huehner,  Leon 

Asser  Levy.  A  noted  Jewish 
burgher  of  New  Amsterdam.  New 
York  [1900]. 

Reprinted  from  the  Publications  of  the 
American  Tewish  Historical  Society,  no.  8 
(1900). 


Invitation  to  the  exercises  held  at 
Carnegie  Hall,  Nov.  30,  1905,  in 
celebration  of  the  250th  anniversary 
of  the  settlement  of  the  Jews  in  the 
United  States. 

The  Two  Hundred  and  Fif- 
tieth anniversary  of  the  settlement 
of  the  Jews  in  the  United  States.  Ad- 
dresses delivered  at  Carnegie  Hall  on 
Thanksgiving  Day,  1905.  New 
York,  1906. 

Commemorative  of  the  first  coming  of 
Jews  to  New  Amsterdam  in  165  5. 

Medal  commemorative  of  the 
250th  anniversary  of  the  settlement 
of  the  Jews  in  the  United  States. 
Designed  by  Isidore  Konti  of  New 
York,  1906. 

Oppenheim,  Samuel 

The  early  history  of  the  Jews  in 
New  York,  1654-1664.  Some  new 
matter  on  the  subject.  New  York, 
1909. 

A  separate  from  Publications  of  the  Amer- 
ican Jewish  Historical  Society,  no.  18  (1909). 

Valuable  for  the  subject  of  the  arrival  and 
subsequent  treatment  of  the  Jews  by  the 
Dutch  and  for  the  documents  and  revised 
translations. 

More  about  Jacob  Barsimson,  the 
first  Jewish  settler  in  New  York. 
[New  York,  1925.] 

Reprint  from  Publications  of  the  American 
Jewish  Historical  Society,  no.  29  (1925). 

Barsimson  arrived  in  New  Amsterdam  in 
the  ship  "De  Pereboom"  (The  Peartree)  on 
August  22,  1654. 


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ECONOMICS  AND  GOVERNMENT 


De  Voe,  Thomas  Farrington 

The  market  book,  containing  a  his- 
torical account  of  the  public  markets 
.  .  .  v.  1.  New  York,  1862. 

The  author,  who  was  a  butcher  and  cattle- 
dealer,  served  for  a  time  as  superintendent  of 
markets  in  New  York. 

Gives  some  valuable  information  about  the 
cattle  fairs  or  markets  in  New  Amsterdam. 

No  more  published. 

Durand,  Edward  Dana 

The  city  chest  of  New  Amsterdam. 
[New  York,  1897.] 

Issued  as  v.  1,  no.  7  of  the  Half  Moon 
series.  Reissued  later  as  series  1,  no.  5  of 
Historic  Nezv  York. 

The  finances  of  New  York  City. 
New  York,  1898. 

An  excellent  treatise.  The  section  on  the 
early  city  begins  with  the  founding  of  the 
municipality  under  the  Dutch  in  165  3. 

Eastman,  William  Reed 

Some  municipal  problems  that 
vexed  the  founders.  New  York, 
1906. 

A  survey  of  the  conditions  during  the 
Dutch  regime  in  New  Netherland.  Publica- 
tion no.  1 7  of  New  York  Society  of  the  Order 
of  Founders  and  Patriots. 

Hardenbrook,  William  Ten 
Eyck. 

Financial  New  York.  A  history 
of  the  banking  and  financial  institu- 
tions of  the  metropolis.  New  York 
and  Chicago,  1897-98. 

This  is  the  "edition  de  luxe"  issued  in 
four  sections  to  subscribers. 

The  best  work  on  the  subject. 

For  the  financial  history  of  the  city  in  the 
Dutch  period  he  has  drawn  almost  literally 
from  D.  T.  Valentine's  article  in  his  Manual 
for  1859. 


Jameson,  John  Franklin 

The  origin  and  development  of 
the  municipal  government  of  New 
York  City. 

In:  Magazine  of  American  history, 
v.  8  (1882). 

New  Netherland  Papers 

Tax  list  of  the  Dutch  West  India 
Company,  Chamber  of  Amsterdam, 
for  taxes  received  on  merchandise 
conveyed  by  private  parties  to  New 
Netherland.  1654-1655. 

Amounts  credited  to  New  Nether- 
land by  the  Directors  of  the  Dutch 
West  India  Company.  1660. 

Memorandum  of  expenses  for 
which  New  Netherland  is  indebted 
to  the  Dutch  West  India  Company. 
1660. 

O'Callaghan,  Edmund  Bailey, 
editor 

Voyages  of  the  slavers  St.  John 
and  Arms  of  Amsterdam,  1659, 
1663.  Together  with  additional 
papers  illustrative  of  the  slave  trade 
under  the  Dutch.  Translated  from 
the  original  manuscripts.  Albany, 
1867. 

Shows  how  negro  slavery  came  to  New 
Amsterdam,  especially  by  direct  traffic. 
One  hundred  copies  printed. 

Pierrepont,  Henry  Evelyn 

Historical  sketch  of  the  Fulton 
Ferry  and  its  associated  ferries. 
Brooklyn,  1879. 

The  first  ferry  from  Manhattan  Island  to 
Long  Island. 

Documentary  appendices  fill  156  pages. 
Printed  for  the  private  use  of  the  Company. 


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Economics  and  Government ',  continued 

Peterson,  Arthur  Everett 

New  York  as  an  eighteenth  cen- 
tury municipality  prior  to  1731. 
New  York,  1917. 

A  doctoral  dissertation  in  Studies  in  his- 
tory, economics  and  fublic  lazv  of  Columbia 
University,  v.  75,  no.  1. 

A  valuable  contribution  to  the  history  of 
municipal  methods  during  the  Dutch  and 
English  periods  covered.  Largely  derived 
from  a  new  study  of  the  original  records. 

Peterson,  Arthur  Everett,  and 
G.  W.  Edwards. 
New  York  as  an  eighteenth  cen- 
tury municipality.  Part  i.  Prior  to 
1731,  by  Arthur  Everett  Peterson. 
Part  ii.  1731-1776,  by  George 
William  Edwards.  New  York,  1917. 

This  is  the  combined  published  edition, 
with  illustrations,  of  two  doctoral  dissertations 


issued  originally  in  Studies  in  history,  eco- 
nomics and  fublic  law  of  Columbia  Uni- 
versity. 

Schwab,  John  Christopher 

History  of  the  New  York  property 
tax.  An  introduction  to  the  history 
of  state  and  local  finance  in  New 
York.  [Baltimore,]  1890. 

It  is  v.  5,  no.  5  of  Publications  of  the 
American  Economic  Association. 

Included  is  a  discussion  of  early  provincial 
and  municipal  finances  in  the  Dutch  period. 

Wegmann,  Edward 

The  water-supply  of  the  City  of 
New  York.  1658-1895.  New  York, 
1896. 

The  principal  work  on  this  important  sub- 
ject. 


SOCIAL  HISTORY 


Bayles,  William  Harrison 

Old  taverns  of  New  York.  New 
York  [cop.  1915]. 

Earle,  Alice  Morse 

Colonial  days  in  old  New  York. 
New  York,  1896. 

Singleton,  Esther 

Dutch  New  York.  New  York, 
1909. 


Van  Rensselaer,  May  King,  Mrs. 
J.  K.  Van  Rensselaer 
The  goede  vrouw  of  Mana-ha-ta 
at  home  and  in  society,  1609-1760. 
New  York,  1898. 

An  attempt  to  present  woman's  part  in  the 
Dutch  province  of  New  Netherland,  "throw- 
ing her  into  strong  relief."  Faulty  in  its  his- 
torical data. 


EDUCATION 


Pratt,  Daniel  Johnson 

Annals  of  public  education  in  the 
state  of  New  York,  from  1*626  to 
1746.  Albany,  1872. 

Derived  from  Dunshee,  Valentine's  Man- 
ual for  1863,  and  other  printed  works,  and 
translations  of  Dutch  records  in  the  archives 
of  the  State  and  the  City  of  New  York. 


Van  Vechten,  Emma 

Early  schools  and  schoolmasters 
of  New  Amsterdam.  New  York, 
1898. 

Issued  as  v.  2,  no.  9  of  the  Half  Moon 
series.  Reissued  later  as  series  2,  no.  9  of 
Historic  Nezv  York. 


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Education,  continued 

Kilpatrick,  William  Heard 

The  Dutch  schools  of  New  Neth- 
erland  and  colonial  New  York. 
Washington,  1912. 

Issued  as  Bulletin  483  (1912,  no.  12)  of 
the  United  States  Bureau  of  Education. 

Mainly  derived  from  source-material  it  is 
an  independent  and  worthy  study  of  the 
Dutch  schools  from  their  "first  transplanting 
from  the  United  Netherlands"  to  the  Ameri- 
can Revolution,  "by  which  time  the  Dutch 
population  was  in  large  measure  merged  in 
the  common  American  stock." 

Professor  Kilpatrick  shows  in  his  mono- 
graph that,  so  far  as  known,  the  first  school 


Kilpatrick,  William  Heard,  continued 
master  of  New  Amsterdam,  Adam  Roelantsen, 
began  his  career  in  1638,  and  not,  as  hitherto 
believed,  in  1633. 

Dunshee,  Henry  Webb 

History  of  the  school  of  the  Col- 
legiate Reformed  Dutch  Church  in 
the  City  of  New  York,  from  1633  to 
1883.  Second  edition,  enlarged. 
New  York,  1883. 

First  published  in  1853.  The  date  1633 
given  as  the  founding  of  the  school  has  since 
been  shown  to  be  an  error.  The  founding 
took  place  in  1638. 

Both  editions  exhibited. 


VOYAGE  OF  GIOVANNI  DA  VERRAZZANO,  1 524 

It  is  now  generally  established  as  a  result  of  nineteenth-century  controversy,  followed  by  the 
discovery  of  better  evidence  in  the  twentieth  century,  that  in  1  5  24  Giovanni  da  Verrazzano,  the 
Italian  who  sailed  to  North  America  in  the  interest  of  France,  entered  the  present  harbor  of 
New  York  in  the  ship  "Dauphine."  He  did  not  reach  Manhattan  Island;  he  never  came  back, 
and  his  visit  was  fruitless. 

So  long  as  the  corrupted  text  of  Verrazzano's  letter  to  Francis  I.,  of  France,  dated  July  8, 
1524,  as  given  in  Ramusio  and  elsewhere,  was  the  only  evidence,  it  left  the  matter  in  contro- 
versy. But  the  discovery  of  the  Cellere  Codex  and  studies  derived  from  it  have  established 
beyond  peradventure  the  genuineness  of  the  letter  and  the  certainty  of  the  discovery. 


Verrazzano,  Giovanni  da. 

Letter  to  Francis  i.,  of  France. 
July  8,  1524.  The  original  Cellere 
Codex. 

Besides  giving  a  pure  text  of  the  letter 
this  Codex  is  notable  because  it  presents  for 
the  first  time  the  names  Verrazzano  gave  to 
places  in  the  region  of  New  York  with  ex- 
planatory marginalia. 

When  discovered  and  first  printed  in  1909 
by  Professor  Bacchiani  it  was  owned  by  Count 
Giulio  Macchi  di  Cellere  of  Rome.  It  was 
purchased  by  the  late  J.  Pierpont  Morgan. 
An  excellent  facsimile  of  the  entire  document 
is  in  Stokes's  lconografhy  of  Manhattan 
Island,  v.  2  (1916). 

Lent  by  The  J.  Pierpont  Morgan  Library. 


Verrazzano,  Giovanni  da,  continued 
Letter  to  Francis  i.,  of  France. 

July  8,  1524. 

In :  G.  B.  Ramusio,  Navigation!  et 

viaggijV.  3  (Venezia,  1556). 

A  second  edition  appeared  in  1  5  59. 
First  publication,  in  a  corrupted  text. 

Letter  to  Francis  i.,  of  France. 
July  8,  1524. 

In :  Richard  Hakluyt,  Divers  voy- 
ages. London,  1582. 

First  translation  into  English,  from 
Ramusio's  corrupted  text. 

Reprinted  in  Collections  of  the  New  York 
Historical  Society  (1841);  in  Asher's  Henry 
Hudson  (1860),  and  elsewhere. 


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Voyage  of  Verrazzano,  1524,  continued 
Verrazzano,  Giovanni  da,  continued 

Letter  to  Francis  i.,  of  France. 
July  8,  1524. 

In:  Richard  Hakluyt,  Voyages. 
London,  1600.  v.  3. 

Letter  to  Francis  i.,  of  France. 
July  8,  1524. 

In:  Bollettino  of  the  Societa  geo- 
grafica  italiana,  fasc.  1  1  (1909),  p. 
1274-1323. 

First  printing  of  the  text  of  the  Cellere 
Codex,  with  critical  comments  by  Professor 
Alessandro  Bacchiani. 

Letter  to  Francis  i.,  of  France. 
July  8,  1524. 

In:  Fifteenth  annual  report 
(1909)  of  the  American  Scenic  and 
Historic  Preservation  Society,  p.  135- 
226. 

The  description  of  New  York  Harbor  is 
on  p.  188  ff. 

The  text  of  the  Cellere  Codex  as  edited 
by  Professor  Bacchiani,  accompanied  by  the 
first  English  translation  thereof  and  addi- 
tional notes  by  Dr.  Edward  Hagaman  Hall. 

Map  of  the  World  by  Girolamo 

Da  Verrazzano,  1529. 

Reproduced  in  the  full  size  for  the  first 
time  from  the  original  formerly  in  the  Li- 


brary of  the  Propaganda  Fide,  and  lately 
transferred  to  the  Vatican,  Rome. 

This  map  shows  the  discoveries  of  Gio- 
vanni da  Verrazzano  in  America,  and  it  is  the 
first  map  of  Italian  origin  with  the  name  of 
America  on  it. 

One  of  the  Stevenson  facsimiles. 

Brevoort,  James  Carson 

Verrazano  the  navigator.  New 
York,  1874. 

A  critical  examination  of  the  letter  writ- 
ten by  Verrazzano  to  Francis  i  in  1  5  24,  and 
of  the  world  map  by  his  brother  dated  1529. 
The  critical  notes  fill  nearly  a  hundred  pages. 
In  1882,  in  Magazine  of  American  history, 
Brevoort  added  to  the  subject. 

Murphy,  Henry  Cruse 

The  voyage  of  Verrazzano:  a  chap- 
ter in  the  early  history  of  maritime 
discovery  in  America.  New  York, 
1875. 

The  author's  object  was  "to  show  the  claim 
of  discovery  in  America  by  Verrazzano  to  be 
without  any  real  foundation."  The  book  has 
much  valuable  information;  but  his  main  con- 
tention has  been  upset  by  later  discoveries. 

De  Costa,  Benjamin  Franklin 

Verrazano  the  explorer.  New 
York,  1880. 

A  reprint,  with  slight  revision  of  the  plates, 
from  Magazine  of  American  history,  v.  2  and 
3  (1878-79). 


VOYAGE  OF  ESTEVAM  GOMEZ,  1525 

He  was  a  Portuguese  pilot  who  engaged  in  the  service  of  Spain.  In  1525  he  sailed  along  the 
North  Atlantic  coast  and  noted  the  inlets.  It  is  not  at  all  probable  that  he  entered  New  York 
Bay;  but  his  explorations  as  a  whole  along  the  coast  from  Newfoundland  to  Cape  May  had  a 
great  effect  upon  the  map  makers  of  his  century. 


Agreement  of  Gomez  with  the 
Emperor  for  a  voyage  of  discovery, 
dated  March  27,  1523. 

In:  Coleccion  de  documentos  in- 
editos,v.  22  (Madrid,  1874). 


OviEDO  Y  VALDES,  GONZALO 

Fernandez  de 

Sumario  de  la  natural  y  general 
istoria  de  las  Indias.  Toledo,  1526. 

The  earliest  printed  reference  to  the  voy- 
age of  Gomez,  on  folio  xiv,  verso.   It  tells 


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Voyage  of  Estevani  Gomez,  1525,  continued 

Oviedo  y  Valdes,  Gonzalo  Fernandez  de, 

continued 

of  the  return  of  Gomez  and  of  the  extent 
of  his  voyage  from  the  Baccaleos  to  the  40th 
and  41st  degrees. 

Historia  general  y  natural  de  las 
Indias.  v.  1,  parte  2.  Madrid,  1852. 

The  exposed  pages  are  chapter  10  of  book 
21.  This  text  was  written  by  Oviedo  in  1537 
and  he  here  gives  an  account  of  the  North 
American  coast  from  a  map  now  lost,  made  by 
Alonzo  de  Chaves  in  1  5  36,  citing  Gomez  as 
the  source  of  the  names  of  places.  It  also 
refers  to  the  map  of  Diego  Ribero. 

Oviedo's  complete  Historia  was  first 
printed  from  the  original  codex  at  Madrid 
in  1851-55. 

Map  of  the  World  by  Diego 
Ribero,  1529. 

Two  Ribero  maps  exhibited. 

The  one  reduced  in  size  from  the  orig- 
inal, formerly  in  the  Library  of  the  Propa- 
ganda Fide,  and  recently  transferred  to  the 
Vatican,  Rome.  It  is  known  as  the  second 
Borgian  map. 

The  other  map  is  in  full-size  facsimile 
from  the  original  in  the  Grand  Ducal  Li- 
brary, Weimar,  Germany.  It  forms  one  of 
the  Stevenson  facsimiles. 

Ribero  was  acquainted  with  Gomez,  and 
these  world  maps  are  interesting  because  they 
reflect  up-to-date  geographical  knowledge, 
and  no  doubt  they  particularly  preserve  first- 
hand data  concerning  the  discoveries  of  Go- 
mez. 

Martyr,  Peter 

De  Orbe  Novo.  Complutum  [Al- 
cala  de  Henares],  1530. 

The  Gomez  reference  is  on  folio  cxvii. 

There  is  also  exhibited  the  English  trans- 
lation—  London,  1612,  which  is  the  edition 
of  Martyr  that  Michael  Lok  prepared  at  the 
instance  of  Richard  Hakluyt. 

Opus  Epistolarum.  Complutum 
[Alcala  de  Henares],  1530. 

In  this  work,  on  the  reverse  of  folio  199, 
there  is  a  reference  to  the  projected  voyage 
of  Gomez.  Peter  Martyr's  letter  is  dated 
August,  1  524. 


La  Carte  Universale  delle  terra 
ferma  &  Isole  delle  Indie  occidentali. 
December,  1534. 

The  only  known  original  copy  of  this 
notable  woodcut  map. 

The  Italian  volume  in  which  the  map  is 
preserved  is  a  collection  of  three  works  by 
Peter  Martyr,  Oviedo,  and  Xeres,  brought  out 
by  Ramusio  under  the  generic  title:  Historia 
del'  Indie  Occidentali,  Venice,  1  5  34. 

Interesting  here  as  showing  the  then  recent 
North  Atlantic  discoveries,  and  the  influence 
of  the  expedition  of  Gomez.  On  the  main- 
land is  the  name  "Steua  gomez." 

Gomara,  Francisco  Lopez  de 

La  Historia  general  delas  Indias. 
Anvers,  1 554. 

Chapter  xl  relates  to  the  Gomez  voyage. 

Herrera  y  Tordesillas, 
Antonio  de 
Historia  general.  Decada  terzera. 
Madrid,  1726. 

This  work  in  several  places  refers  to  Go- 
mez; but  the  principal  passage  on  p.  241, 
chapter  vni,  is  exhibited.  It  says  that  Gomez 
sailed  along  the  entire  coast  of  North  America 
as  far  as  Florida,  and  then  to  Santiago  in 
Cuba. 

Kohl,  Johann  Georg 

A  history  of  the  discovery  of 
Maine.  Portland,  1869. 

On  p.  271-281  Dr.  Kohl  gives  an  account 
of  the  Gomez  expedition,  which  is  still  a 
useful  study. 

De  Costa,  Benjamin  Franklin 

Cabo  de  Arenas ;  or,  The  place  of 
Sandy  Hook  in  the  old  cartology  as 
indicated  in  the  map  of  Alonzo 
Chaves.  New  York,  1885. 
Santa  Cruz,  Alonso  de 

Die  Karten  von  Amerika  in  dem 
Islario  general.  Hrsg.  von  Franz  R. 
von  Wieser.  Innsbruck,  1908. 

Santa  Cruz  was  chief  cosmographer  to 
Emperor  Charles  v.  His  maps  are  very  useful 
and  the  one  exhibited  (Tafel  in)  has  par- 
ticular pertinency  to  the  voyage  of  Gomez. 


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VOYAGE  OF  HE1S 

Hudson,  Henry 

Facsimile  of  his  Contract  as  copied 
in  the  seventeenth-century  unpub- 
lished manuscript  history  of  the 
Dutch  East  India  Company,  written 
by  Van  Dam.  The  original  contract 
signed  by  Hudson  and  witnessed  by 
Jodocus  Hondius  is  lost. 

In :  Eleventh  annual  re  fort  of  the 
American  Scenic  and  Historic  Pres- 
ervation Society  (1906),  between  p. 
168  and  169. 

Contract  and  Instructions  in  Dutch 
with  an  English  translation,  taken 
from  Van  Dam's  unpublished  manu- 
script history  of  the  Dutch  East  India 
Company. 

In:  Henry  C.  Murphy,  Henry 
Hudson  in  Holland  (1909),  p.  32— 
34,  110-111,  117. 

Meteren,  Emanuel  van 

Commentarien  ofte  Memorien  van 
den  Nederlantsen  Staet  .  .  .  ende 
Gheschiedenissen  van  onsen  tyden. 
Deel  2.  Preface  dated  February, 
1610. 

Earliest  printed  account  of  Hudson's  voy- 
age of  1609. 

The  only  known  copy  of  this  second  vol- 
ume of  Van  Meteren's  last  revision  and  gen- 
uine edition  is  in  the  Library  of  Congress. 
A  facsimile  of  the  title-page,  also  of  the 
verso  of  folio  175  and  the  recto  of  folio  176 
are  shown. 

Until  the  discovery  of  the  above  volume, 
a  rare  edition  of  1611,  now  known  to  be  a 
pirated  edition,  was  considered  to  be  the  ear- 
liest printed  account,  and  it  was  more  common 
to  refer  to  the  1614  edition  for  Van  Meter- 
en's  text,  because  in  that  form  it  was  more 
easily  available. 


LY  HUDSON,  1609 

Meteren,  Emanuel  van,  continued 

The  1611  pirated  edition  reads:  Belgische 
ofte  nederlantsche  oorlogen  ende  gheschiede- 
nissen. 

The  original  edition  of  1614  is  also  ex- 
hibited. 

Gerritsz,  Hessel 

Detectio  Freti  Hudsoni. 

The  four  original  editions,  1612—1613, 
of  the  publication  of  Hessel  Gerritsz,  some- 
times called  the  Hudson  tract. 

Include  a  brief  account  of  the  third  and 
fourth  voyages  of  Hudson  to  discover  a  north- 
east or  northwest  passage  to  China  and  Japan. 

Detectio  Freti  Hudsoni.  Amster- 
dam, 1878. 

A  reproduction  with  a  new  English  trans- 
lation of  the  original  Dutch  and  Latin  edi- 
tions of  1612  and  1 6 1 3 ,  of  the  so-called  Hud- 
son tract. 

Juet,  Robert 

The  third  Voyage  of  Master 
Henry  Hudson.  1609. 

In:  Purchas  his  pilgrimes,  v.  3 
(London,  1625),  p.  581-595. 

Also  in  the  reprint  of  Purchas,  v.  13,  Lon- 
don, 1906;  and  wholly  or  in  part  in  Collec- 
tions of  New  York  Historical  Society,  series  1, 
v.  1  and  series  2,  v.  1 ;  in  Asher's  Henry 
Hudson  (1860);  Old  South  leaflets,  no.  94; 
Eleventh  annual  refort  of  American  Scenic 
and  Historic  Preservation  Society,  and  again 
in  its  Fifteenth  annual  refort;  Hart's  Con- 
temporaries, v.  1 ;  and  Jameson's  Narratives 
of  New  Netherland,  which  is  perhaps  the 
latest  and  best  available  form. 

Henry  Hudson's  reize  onder  Ne- 
derlandsche  vlag  van  Amsterdam 
naar  Nova  Zembla,  Amerika  en  terug 
naar  Dartmouth  in  Engeland  1609, 
volgens  het  journaal  van  Robert 


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Voyage  of  Henry  Hudson,  1609,  continued 
Juet,  Robert,  continued 
Juet,  uitg.  door  S.  P.  L'Honore 
Naber.  's-Gravenhage,  1921. 

Issued  as  no.  19  of  the  publications  of  the 
Linschoten-Verecniging. 

Hudson's  third  voyage,  1609. 

Hudson's  voyage  in  1609.  Ex- 
tract from  "Verhael  van  de  eerste 
Schip-vaert,  Amsterdam,  Joost  Hart- 
gers,  1648." 

In:  Collections  of  New  York  His- 
torical Society,  series  2,  v.  2  (1849), 
p.  367-370. 

Translated  by  J.  R.  Brodhead. 

Murphy,  Henry  Cruse 

Henry  Hudson  in  Holland.  An 
inquiry  into  the  origin  and  objects  of 
the  voyage  which  led  to  the  discov- 
ery of  the  Hudson  River.  The 
Hague,  1859. 

This  is  the  first  edition. 

Henry  Hudson  in  Holland  .  .  . 
Reprinted,  with  notes,  documents 
and  a  bibliography,  by  Wouter  Nij- 
hoff.  The  Hague,  1909. 

Issued  by  the  Linschoten-Vereeniging. 

This  fine  edition  gives  for  the  first  time 
in  one  block  the  known  Dutch  texts  of  "all 
the  original  documents  relating  to  the  third 
voyage"  of  Hudson  in  1609. 

De  Costa,  Benjamin  Franklin, 
editor. 

Sailing  directions  of  Henry  Hud- 
son, prepared  for  his  use  in  1608, 
from  the  old  Danish  of  Evar  Bard- 
sen.  With  an  introduction  and  notes 
. . .  by  B.  F.  De  Costa.  Albany,  1 869. 

Asher,  Georg  Michael,  editor 

Henry  Hudson  the  navigator. 
The  original  documents  in  which  his 
career  is  recorded.  London,  1860. 

Includes  Juet's  journal  from  Purchas;  ex- 
tracts from  the  1614  edition  of  Van  Meteren, 


from  the  1625  and  1630  editions  of  De  Laet, 
and  from  the  so-called  Hudson  tract  of  Hes- 
se] Gerritsz,  etc. 

Published  by  the  Hakluyt  Society. 

Bacon,  Edgar  Mayhew 

Henry  Hudson,  his  times  and  his 
voyages.  New  York  and  London, 
i  907.  (American  men  of  energy  se- 
ries.) 

Cleveland,  Henry  Russell 

Life  of  Henry  Hudson. 

In:  Jared  Sparks,  Library  of 
American  biography,  series  1,  v.  10 
(Boston,  1838). 

Hall,  Edward  Hagaman 

Henry  Hudson  and  the  discovery 
of  the  Hudson  River. 

In:  Fifteenth  annual  report,  1910, 
of  the  American  Scenic  and  Historic 
Preservation  Society,  p.  227-346. 

Janvier,  Thomas  Allibone 

Henry  Hudson,  a  brief  statement 
of  his  aims  and  his  achievements. 
New  York  and  London,  1 909. 

Useful  for  the  chapter  of  documents  re- 
lating to  Hudson's  fate  during  his  fourth 
voyage. 

Miller,  Samuel 

A  discourse  designed  to  commemo- 
rate the  discovery  of  New  York  by 
Henry  Hudson. 

In:  Collections  of  the  New  York 
Historical  Society,  v.  1  (1811),  p. 
17-45.  Also  issued  separately,  New 
York,  1810. 

This  two  hundredth  anniversary  address 
was  delivered  before  the  New  York  Historical 
Society,  September  4,  1809. 

Read,  John  Meredith 

A  historical  inquiry  concerning 
Henry  Hudson,  his  friends,  relatives 
and  early  life.  Albany,  1  866. 

Abridged  also  in  Clarendon  Society  Re- 
prints, first  series,  p.  143-230,  also  shown. 

The  emphasis  is  placed  on  the  first  dis- 
covery of  Delaware  Bay. 


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Voyage  of  Henry  Hudson,  1609,  continued 

Wilson,  James  Grant 

The  discovery  of  the  Hudson 
River. 

In:  Eleventh  annual  report  of  the 
American  Scenic  and  Historic  Pres- 
ervation Society  (1906),  p.  143-171. 

hudson-fulton  celebration 
Commission 
Official  program,  Hudson-Fulton 
celebration  .  .  .  September  25  to  Oc- 
tober 9,  1909.  New  York,  1909. 

Dedications.  Programs  and  his- 
torical sketches  .  .  .  Compiled  .  .  . 
for  use  of  the  societies  and  organiza- 
tions dedicating  memorials  under  the 
auspices  of  the  Hudson-Fulton  Cele- 
bration Commission.  [New  York,] 
1909. 

Hall,  Edward  Hagaman 

Hudson  and  Fulton.  A  brief  his- 
tory. New  York,  1909. 

Issued  by  the  Hudson-Fulton  Celebration 
Commission. 

The  Hudson-Fulton  celebration, 
1909.  The  fourth  annual  report  of 
the  Hudson-Fulton  Celebration 
Commission  to  the  Legislature.  Al- 
bany, 1910.  2  v. 

Really  not  published  until  1911. 

Official  medal  of  the  Hudson- 
Fulton  Celebration  Commission. 

Albany  Institute,  Albany,  N.  Y. 

Historical  loan  exhibition  in  con- 
nection with  the  Hudson-Fulton 
celebration,  held  in  the  building  of 
the  Albany  Institute  .  .  .  October  7- 
17,  1909.  Albany  [1909]. 


Adams,  Edward  Dean 

Hudson-Fulton  medal.  Designed 
under  the  direction  of  the  American 
Numismatic  Society.  Accepted  as  its 
one  official  medal  by  the  Hudson- 
Fulton  Celebration  Commission,  and 
issued  under  the  seals  of  both  organ- 
izations. [Boston,]  1909. 

Reprinted  from  the  American  journal  of 
numismatics. 

American  Geographical  Society 
A  catalogue  of  books,  maps,  etc., 
relating  to  Henry  Hudson,  Robert 
Fulton  and  their  times  . . .  September 
25th  to  October  10th,  1909.  New 
York,  1909. 

Chamberlain,  Frank 

Hudson  tercentenary.  An  histori- 
cal retrospect  regarding  .  .  .  also 
Hudson's  voyage  to  America  in  1 609. 
Albany,  1909. 

This  thesis  argues  the  pre-Hudsonian  dis- 
covery of  the  Hudson  River.  It  has  a  good 
many  curious  mistakes. 

Commercial  history  of  the  State 
of  New  York,  commemorating  the 
discovery  of  the  Hudson  River  by 
Henry  Hudson  .  .  .  New  York: 
American  Photograph  Company. 
Prospectus. 

Gautier,  Louis  F. 

Souvenir  book  of  the  Hudson- 
Fulton  celebration,  with  programme 
and  historical  sketches  of  Hudson 
and  Fulton  .  .  .  Brooklyn,  N.  Y., 
1909. 

Hess,  E.  C. 

Souvenir  program  and  guide 
Hudson-Fulton  celebration  .  .  .  Sep- 
tember 25  to  October  9,  1909.  New 
York,  1909. 


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Voyage  of  Henry  Hudson,  1609,  continued 

Jersey  City,  N.  J.  —  Free  Public 
Library 

Sail  and  steam.  An  historical 
sketch  showing  New  Jersey's  connec- 
tion with  the  events  commemorated 
by  the  Hudson-Fulton  celebration. 
Jersey  City,  N.  J.,  1909. 

Title  on  cover:  Hudson-Fulton  celebra- 
tion.  1609 —  1807  —  1909.  A  souvenir. 

New  York  Public  Library 

List  of  prints,  books,  manuscripts, 
etc.,  relating  to  Henry  Hudson,  the 
Hudson  River,  Robert  Fulton  and 
steam  navigation.  New  York,  1909. 

Record  of  an  exhibition  at  the  former 
Lenox  Library  Building  in  September,  1909 
on  the  occasion  of  the  Hudson-Fulton  Cele- 
bration. 


New  York  (state).  —  Education 
Department 
Hudson-Fulton  celebration,  Sep- 
tember 25  to  October  9,  1909;  a 
brochure  for  the  use  of  the  schools 
of  the  state,  compiled  and  edited  by 
Harlan  Hoyt  Horner.  Albany,  1909. 

New  York.  Central  Lines 

The  Hudson-Fulton  celebration 
along  the  Hudson  River.  [New 
York,  1909.] 

New  York.  Historical  Society 

Official  Robert  Fulton  exhibition 
of  the  Hudson-Fulton  Commission 
27  September -30  October  1909. 
[New  York,  1909.] 

This  was  the  completest  exhibition  of  Ful- 
ton material  made  during  the  celebration.  It 
did  not  include  Henry  Hudson  matter. 


UNITED  NEW  NETHERLAND  COMPANY, 
CHARTERED  IN  1614 
AND 

DUTCH  WEST  INDIA  COMPANY 
CHARTERED  IN  1621 
The  Velasco  or  stolen  map,  1610.    geven  door  Mr.   S.   Muller  Fz. 


The  earliest  map  showing  the  Hudson 
River  to  any  extent  and  the  name  Manahata, 
though  the  island  is  not  denned.  Informa- 
tion surreptitiously  procured  by  Spain.  The 
map  is  now  in  the  Spanish  archives  at  Siman- 
cas,  from  which  the  drawing  exhibited  was 
made. 

For  a  reproduction  of  the  map  see  Brown's 
Genesis  of  the  United  States. 

May,  Jan  Cornelisz 

De  reis  .  .  .  naar  de  Ijszee  en  de 
Amerikaansche  kust,  1611-1612. 
Verzameling  van  bescheiden  uitge- 


's-Gravenhage,  1909. 

Issued  as  v.  1  of  the  publications  of  the 
Linschoten-Vereeniging. 

This  is  a  journal  of  May's  voyage  of  dis- 
covery in  the  ships  De  Vos  and  De  Craen. 
He  made  additions  to  the  geographical  knowl- 
edge gleaned  from  Hudson's  voyage  of  1609, 
and  his  voyage  spurred  on  the  Dutch  skippers 
to  greater  activity. 

This  skipper  May  was  an  uncle  of  Cornelis 
Jacobsz.  May,  another  commander  who 
brought  over  the  first  settlers  in  1624  and 
became  the  first  Director  of  New  Netherland. 


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37 


United  New  Netherland  and  Dutch  West 
India  Companies,  continued 

United  New  Netherland 
Company 

Charter  granted  by  the  States  Gen- 
eral October  11,  1614,  bestowing  a 
limited  monopoly  of  trade  in  New 
Netherland  for  four  voyages  to  be 
undertaken  within  three  years. 

Facsimile  of  the  original  manuscript  in  the 
Rijksarchief  at  The  Hague. 

An  English  translation  was  printed  in  Doc- 
uments relating  to  the  colonial  history  of  the 
State  of  New  York,  v.  1  (1856),  p.  1 1  ff. 
This  translation  needs  revision. 

Figurative  map  of  Adriaen 
Block,  1614. 

Known  as  the  "vellum  map"  and  really 
earlier  than  the  large  "paper  map"  also  ex- 
hibited. Both  are  in  the  Rijksarchief  at  The 
Hague.  This  map  is  the  first  to  represent 
Manhattan  Island  and  it  also  recognized  the 
insularity  of  Long  Island.  The  name  New 
Netherland  appears  here  on  a  map  for  the 
first  time. 

Another  lithographic  issue  of  1841  also 
exhibited. 

Francus,  Jacobus,  pseud,  of 
Conrad  Memmius 

Relationis  historical  continuatio  . . . 
Historische  Beschreibung  aller 
denckwiArdigen  Historien  .  .  .  biss 
auflf  diese  Fastenmessz  .  .  .  1615. 
Franckfiirt  am  Mayn,  1615. 

So  far  as  known  this  is  the  earliest  con- 
temporary printed  account  of  the  discoveries 
made  by  Hendricksen  and  Block,  of  Block's 
return  to  Amsterdam  with  the  two  Indian 
lads,  nicknamed  Orson  and  Valentine,  and 
of  the  naming  of  the  newly-discovered  coun- 
try. See  p.  44—45. 

Figurative  map  of  Cornelis  Hen- 
dricksen, 1616.  (Lithograph  repro- 
duction made  in  1  841.) 

Known  as  the  "paper  map."  As  here  re- 
produced it  professes  to  be  earlier,  but  that 


is  no  longer  tenable  and  the  Block  map  is 
accepted  as  the  earlier  of  the  two. 

The  Hendricksen  map  presents  for  the 
first  time  the  results  of  survey  work  inland 
and  so  records  Dutch  place  names  along  the 
Hudson  River  for  the  first  time. 

Dutch  West  India  Company 

Placcaet  By  de  Hooghmo:  Heeren 
Staten  Generael  der  Vereenighde 
Nederlanden,  ghemaeckt  op  'tbesluyt 
vande  West-Indissche  Compagnie. 
's  Graven-Haghe,  1621. 

This  is  the  edict  issued  by  the  States  Gen- 
eral paving  the  way  for  a  charter. 

Octroy,  By  de  Hooghe  Mogende 
Heeren  Staten  Generael,  verleent 
aende  West-Indische  Compagnie,  in 
date  den  derden  Junii  1621.  's  Grav- 
en-Haghe, 1621. 

This  is  the  first  and  official  printed  Dutch 
edition  of  the  charter  granted  to  the  West 
India  Company  by  the  States  General. 

An  English  edition  appeared  in  the  same 
year.  What  is  perhaps  the  only  known  copy 
is  in  the  Henry  E.  Huntington  Library  at 
San  Marino,  Cal. 

A  French  edition  appeared  at  Paris  in 
1623,  a  copy  of  which  is  in  the  Bibliotheque 
Nationale,  Paris. 

The  Dutch  text,  with  additions,  was  print- 
ed again  three  times  in  1623,  once  in  1624, 
twice  in  1629,  and  once  in  1642.  The  official 
text  as  printed  in  the  Groot  Placaet  Boeck, 
v.  1  (1658),  columns  565-578,  is  also  ex- 
hibited. 

A  new  and  reliable  English  translation  by 
A.  J.  F.  van  Laer  is  included  in  Van  Rensse- 
laer Bowier  manuscripts,  Albany,  1908,  p.  86 
ff.,  accompanied  by  the  Dutch  text. 

A  Briefe  Relation  of  the  discov- 
ery and  plantation  of  New  England. 
London,  1622. 

The  first  English  publication  to  mention 
the  Dutch  on  the  Hudson  River  and  the  first 
appearance  in  print  of  the  application  of  Hud- 
son's name  to  the  river. 

There  are  modern  reprints  in  the  Collec- 
tions of  the  Massachusetts  Historical  Society, 


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United  Nezv  N etherland  and  Dutch  West 
India  Companies,  continued 

A  Briefe  Relation  of  the  discovery  and 
plantation  of  New' England,  continued 
series  2,  v.  9  (1832),  p.  1-25,  and  in  Sir 
Ferdinando    Gorges    and   his    province  of 
Maine,  published  by  the  Prince  Society,  p. 
203-240. 

West-Indische  Spieghel.  Door 
Athanasium  Inga,  Peruaen,  van  Cus- 
co.  [Amstelredam,  1624.] 

Among  other  things  the  volume  relates  to 
Spanish  tyranny  in  the  island  of  Espagnola 
(Haiti)  and  other  places.  It  gives  an  account 
of  discoveries  by  Jacob  la  Maire  in  1616. 
The  work  was  published  while  the  Dutch 
were  at  war  with  Spain. 

Berthold  Fernow  suggested  that  the  vol- 
ume was  "probably"  by  Willem  Usselinx, 
originator  of  the  Dutch  West  India  Company. 
It  is  more  likely  of  composite  origin. 

Nothing  in  the  text  relates  to  New  Nether- 
land  or  New  England.  Its  particular  interest 
is  a  very  unusual  map,  here  exhibited,  which 


is  the  oldest  engraved  map  showing  the  name 
"Hudsons  R,"  and  the  only  map  published 
in  Holland  during  the  early  period  with  that 
name. 

Brakel,  S.  VAN 

De  Hollandsche  handelscompag- 
nieen  der  zeventiende  eeuw.  's-Grav- 
enhage,  1908. 

A  history  of  the  origin  and  organization 
of  Dutch  trading  companies  during  the  seven- 
teenth century,  including  chapters  on  the 
United  New  Netherland  Company  of  1614 
and  the  Dutch  West  India  Company. 

Rees,  Otto  van 

Geschiedenis  der  Nederlandsche 
volkplantingen  in  Noord-Amerika. 
Tiel,  1855. 

The  author,  a  lawyer  of  Utrecht,  in  three 
addresses  sets  forth  the  work  of  the  Dutch 
West  India  Company,  in  settling  and  admin- 
istering New  Netherland  under  its  officials. 

His  sources  of  information  are  exhibited 
in  an  appendix. 


NEW  NETHERLAND 
FIRST  ADMINISTRATION  — CORNELIS  JACOBSEN  MAY:  1624 
SECOND  ADMINISTRATION  —  WILLEM  VERHULST:  1625 


Wassenaer,  Nicolaes  van,  and 
Barent  Lampe 

Historisch  verhael  alder  ghe- 
denck-weerdichste  geschiedenissen 
...  in  Europa  .  .  .  voorgevallen  syn. 
Amstelredam,  1622-35.  21  parts. 

Parts  1  to  1 7  by  Wassenaer  and  1 8—2 1  by 
Lampe. 

Accounts  of  the  first  settlement,  with  his- 
tory and  descriptions  of  New  Netherland,  are 
in  part  6  (folio  144);  part  7  (folios  10  and 
11);  part  8  (folios  84  and  85);  part  9  (folios 
37,  40,  44,  and  123) ;  part  10  (folios  82  and 
83,  misnumbered  81  and  84);  part  2  (folios 
37  and  38);  part  16  (folio  13);  part  18 
(folios  94  to  98). 


Wassenaer,  Nicolaes  van,  and  Barent 
Lampe,  continued 

Issued  as  semi-annual  annals  contemporary 
with  the  events  narrated. 

One  of  the  few  really  important  sources 
of  information  respecting  the  early  history  of 
New  Netherland. 

First  made  use  of  by  American  historians 
by  J.  R.  Brodhead  in  Collections  of  New 
York  Historical  Society,  series  2,  v.  2  (1849), 
p.  35  5—366.  The  first  English  translation  of 
parts  relating  to  New  Netherland  appeared  in 
Documentary  history  of  New  York,  v.  3 
(1850). 

The  best  English  translation  of  all  that 
has  relation  to  New  Netherland  is  in  Jame- 
son's Narratives  of  Nezv  N etherland,  p.  67— 
96. 


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New  Netherland  —  A  dministrations  of  May 
and  Verhulst,  1624—25,  continued 

Baudart,  Willem,  preacher  of 
Zutphen 

Memorien.  2.  ed.  Arnhem  and 
Zutphen,  1624-25.  2  v. 

Designed  by  the  author  to  be  a  continua- 
tion of  Van  Meteren's  historical  annals.  This 
second  edition  is  brought  down  through  a 
supplementary  book  16  to  cover  the  year  1624. 

Note  on  p.  63,  one  of  the  earliest  printed 
references  to  the  first  colony  of  immigrants 
in  New  Netherland,  together  with  a  quotation 
from  a  letter  written  from  there  describing 
the  advantages  of  the  country. 

Books  1  3  and  1  5  of  the  second  part  give 
the  text  of  the  Octroy  establishing  the  Dutch 
West  India  Company  and  subsequent  modi- 
fications thereof. 

The  account  of  the  first  emigrants  to  New 
Netherland  is  printed  in  E.  B.  O'Callaghan, 
The  documentary  history  of  the  State  of  Nezv 
York,  v.  4. 

[The  so-called  Van  Rappard 
documents,  1624-1626.] 

In:  F.  C.  Wieder,  De  stichting  van 
New  York,  p.  97-179. 

The  Dutch  texts  of  five  documents  re- 
lating to  New  Netherland  reprinted  with 
useful  notes  and  a  pertinent  introduction. 

These  documents  were  first  printed  in  the 
volume,  also  exhibited,  published  by  The 
Henry  E.  Huntington  Library,  in  1924,  as 
Documents  relating  to  Nezv  Netherland. 

Laet,  Joannes  de 

Nieuwe  Wereldt  ofte  Beschrij- 
vinghe  van  West-Indien.  Leyden, 
1625. 

This  is  the  first  edition  of  this  notable 
work  by  a  Director  of  the  Dutch  West  India 
Company,  who  was  one  of  the  inner  circle 
or  executive  body  known  as  the  College  of 
the  Nineteen. 

Book  in,  chapters  7  to  1 1,  is  a  description 
of  New  Netherland.  Moreover,  chapter  7  on 
Hudson's  discovery  is  perhaps  based  on  a  now 
lost  journal  of  Hudson  and  other  papers  of 
Hudson. 


Laet,  Joannes  de,  continued 

Translations  of  the  New  Netherland  mat- 
ter are  in  Collections  of  New  York  Historical 
Society,  series  2,  v.  1  (1841),  p.  281-316 
and  v.  2  (1849),  p.  371-373,  and  the  best 
translation,  embodying  the  longer  additions 
of  the  Dutch  edition  of  1630  and  the  vari- 
ants of  the  Latin  and  French  versions,  is  in 
Jameson's  Narratives  of  Nezv  Netherland, 
p.  36-60. 

Beschrijvinghe  van  West-Indien. 
Leyden,  1630. 

The  second  Dutch  edition,  the  first  con- 
taining the  important  map  Nova  Anglia, 
Novum  Belgium  et  Virginia. 

Rasiere,  Isaack.  de,  secretary  of 
New  Netherland. 
Letter  to  the  directors  of  the 
Dutch  West  India  Company,  Cham- 
ber at  Amsterdam.  Dated  at  Fort 
Amsterdam  on  the  island  of  Man- 
hattes,  September  23,  1626. 

It  is  the  earliest  letter  written  on  Man- 
hattan Island,  the  text  of  which  has  been 
preserved. 

This  text  is  a  contemporary  copy  now  in 
the  Henry  E.  Huntington  Library  and  was 
printed  for  the  first  time  in  facsimile,  with 
transliteration  and  an  English  translation  in 
Documents  relating  to  Nezv  Netherland, 
edited  by  A.  J.  F.  van  Laer,  issued  by  that 
Library  in  1924.  The  Dutch  text  has  been 
reprinted  (1925)  in  F.  C.  Wieder's  De  stich- 
ting van  New  York,  p.  161  —  179,  with  critical 
and  explanatory  notes. 

Howell,  George  Rogers 

The  date  of  the  settlement  of  the 
colony  of  New  York.  Albany,  1 897. 

Publication  no.  1  of  the  New  York  So- 
ciety, Founders  and  Patriots  of  America. 

The  first  substantial  argument  in  favor  of 
placing  the  first  settlement  under  the  Dutch 
West  India  Company  at  Fort  Orange  (Al- 
bany) in  the  year  1624. 


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New  Netherland  —  Admmistrations  of  May 
and  Verhulst,  1 624—25,  continued 

Versteeg,  Dingman 

New  Netherlands  founding. 
[New  York,]  1924. 

Published  by  the  Holland  Society  of  New 
York. 

The  writer  suggested  1625  as  the  first 
settlement  of  Manhattan  Island. 

WlEDER,  FREDERIK  CASPAR 

De  stichting  van  New  York  in  Juli 
1625.  Reconstructies  en  nieuwe  ge- 
gevens  ontleend  aan  de  Van  Rappard 
documenten.  's-Gravenhage,  1925. 

no.  26  of  the  publications  of  the  Lin- 
schoten-Vereeniging. 

The  author's  hypothesis  is  that  the  so- 
called  Van  Rappard  documents  lend  them- 


selves to  the  interpretation  that  Manhattan 
Eland  was  first  settled  by  workmen  in  the 
employ  of  the  Dutch  West  India  Company  in 
July,  1625.  His  theory  rests  principally  in 
assuming  that  tentative  instructions  were  car- 
ried out  literally  and  that  Fort  Amsterdam 
was  then  begun  as  a  large  five-angled  fort 
with  buildings,  shops,  etc.,  within.  He  admits 
that  contemporary  writings  are  silent  in  re- 
spect of  supporting  his  findings.  His  demon- 
strations are  ingenious,  his  reasoning  is  specu- 
lative, but  his  deductions  are  unconvincing. 

The  soundest  part  of  the  volume  is  the 
section  in  which  the  author  discusses  the  prim- 
itive form  of  government  in  New  Netherland, 
and  the  notes  and  other  data  which  accompany 
the  reprinted  Dutch  texts  of  the  documents. 
Reviewed  in  A??ierican  historical  review,  v. 
31  (1926),  p.  529-531. 


NEW  NETHERLAND 

THIRD  ADMINISTRATION  — PETER  MINUET:  1626-1632 
PURCHASE  OF  MANHATTAN  ISLAND  AND  FOUNDING  OF  NEW  AMSTERDAM 

Wassenaer,  Nicolaes  van 

Earliest  printed  account  of  the  set- 
tlement  of   Manhattan   Island  in 


1626. 

In  his:  Historisch  Verhael,  deel 
12,  folios  37-38. 

Accompanied  by  typewritten  English 
translations. 

SCHAGHEN,  PlETER 

Letter  written  at  Amsterdam  No- 
vember 5,  1626.  Announcing  that 
the  day  before  the  ship  "Wapen  van 
Amsterdam"  (Arms  of  Amsterdam) 
had  arrived  loaded  with  furs  and 
bringing  news,  especially  that  the 
Island  Manhattes  had  been  bought 
from  the  Indians  for  the  value  of 
sixty  guilders  or  about  twenty-four 
dollars. 

Photograph  from  the  original  record  in 
the  Rijksarchief  at  The  Hague. 


Schaghen,  Peter,  continued 

English  translations  have  appeared  in  Doc- 
uments relating  to  colonial  history  of  the 
State  of  New  York,  v.  1,  p.  37-38,  and  often 
since  elsewhere;  and  the  Dutch  text  with  an 
English  translation  in  Year  book  of  the  Hol- 
land Society  of  New  York  for  1890,  p.  152- 
153. 

There  are  three  independent  proofs  of  the 
purchase,  first  the  Schaghen  letter,  second  in 
Wassenaer's  Historisch  Verhael,  both  contem- 
porary, and  the  minutes  of  the  hearing  before 
Governor  Lovelace  and  his  council,  April  9, 
1670,  when  the  old  records  were  produced 
as  proof,  printed  in  New  York  Executive 
Council  minutes,  v.  1  (1910),  p.  47. 


Putnam,  Ruth 

The  purchase  of  New  York. 

In:  Putnam's  magazine , 
(1909-10),  p.  193. 


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New  Net  her  I  and  —  A  dministration  of 
Minuit,  1626—32,  continued 

Medal  commemorating  the  pur- 
chase of  Manhattan  Island.  De- 
signed by  Hermon  A.  MacNeil, 
1926. 

Lent  by  The  American  Numismatic  So- 
ciety. 

Collegiate  Reformed  Dutch 
Church,  New  York 
1626-1926.  Tercentenary  of  the 
City  of  New  York.  A  tribute  to  the 
settlement  of  Manhattan  Island,  now 
New  York,  by  the  Dutch,  early  in 
the  seventeenth  century.  New  York, 
1926. 

Issued  to  commemorate  the  300th  anni- 
versary of  the  purchase  of  Manhattan  Island 
by  Peter  Minuit. 

Ford,  Worthington  Chauncey 
The  earliest  years  of  the  Dutch 

settlement  of  New  Netherland. 
In:  Proceedings  of  the  New  York 

State  Historical  Association,  v.  17 

(1919),  p.  74-86. 

Kapp,  Friedrich 

Peter  Minnewit  aus  Wesel. 

In:  Historische  Zeitschrift,  Bd.  1 5 
(1866),  p.  225-250. 

A  German  newspaper  clipping  is  also  ex- 
hibited, reporting  the  ceremonies  at  Wesel 
on  May  4,  1926,  in  honor  of  Peter  Minuit, 
by  his  native  town. 

Mines,  John  Flavel 

The  island  of  Manhattan.  A  bit 
of  earth,  by  Felix  Oldboy  [pseud.]. 
New  York,  1890. 

Paltsits,  Victor  Hugo 

The  founding  of  New  Amsterdam 
in  1626.  Worcester,  Mass.,  1925. 

A  limited  separate  issue  from  Proceedings 
of  the  American  Antiquarian  Society  for 
April,  1924. 


Paltsits,  Victor  Hugo,  continued 

The  author's  conclusions  are  given  on  p. 
1 7,  "that,  so  far  as  the  present  confines  of  the 
State  of  New  York  are  concerned,  the  first 
settlement  was  made  in  1624  at  Fort  Orange 
(now  Albany) ;  that  this  settlement  was  aug- 
mented by  other  settlers  in  1625;  that  the 
first  permanent  settlement  on  Manhattan 
Island  was  begun  in  1626  by  the  founding 
of  New  Amsterdam." 

Vosburgh,  Royden  Woodward 

The  settlement  of  New  Nether- 
land, 1624—1626,  and  Corrections. 

In:  New  York  genealogical  and 
biographical  record,  v.  55  (1924),  p. 
3-15,211-213. 

Also  issued  separately. 

Original  deed  issued  by  Director 
General  Peter  Minuit  and  his  coun- 
cil, confirmatory  of  the  Indian  pur- 
chase of  Rensselaerswyck  lands  by 
Kiliaen  van  Rensselaer,  done  on 
Manhattan  Island,  August  13,  1630. 
With  seal. 

Shown  here  because  of  the  autographs  of 
Minuit,  his  council,  the  schout,  and  vice- 
secretary,  and  as  a  premier  document  written 
and  signed  at  Fort  Amsterdam. 

For  a  more  particular  account  of  this  docu- 
ment, see  Bulletin  of  The  New  York  Public 
Library,  v.  27  (1923),  p.  255-256,  acknowl- 
edging its  gift  by  Edward  S.  Harkness,  Esq. 

Rasiere,  Isaack  de,  Secretary  of 
New  Netherland 
Photographic  reproduction  of  his 
memoir  to  Samuel  Blommaert,  from 
the  original  manuscript  in  the  Rijks- 
archief  at  The  Hague.  Written  in 
Holland  in  1628. 

This  memoir  was  discovered  in  1 848  in 
a  bundle  of  papers  by  F.  A.  G.  Campbell 
(it  lacks  four  leaves).  He  sent  a  transcript  to 
J.  R.  Brodhead,  which  the  latter  presented 
to  the  New  York  Historical  Society,  and  it 
was  printed  under  his  direction  in  the  first, 
though  poor,  English  translation  in  this  So- 
ciety's Collections,  series  2,  v.  2  (1849),  p. 


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New  N etherland  —  Administration  of 
Minuit,  1626—32,  continued 

Rasiere,  Isaack  de,  continued 
339—3  54,  where  it  was  also  dated  too  early 
as  "1627".  A  revision  was  made  by  William 
I.  Hull  for  Jameson's  Narratives  of  New 
Netherland  (1909).  A  large  part  of  the 
Dutch  text  was  first  printed  in  Jessurun's 
Kilaen  van  Rensselaer  (1917),  and  for  the 
first  time  the  complete  Dutch  text  appeared 
on  p.  265—278  of  the  N ederlandsch  archief 
voor  kerkgeschiedenis,  new  series,  xv  (1919), 
as  an  appendix  to  a  paper  on  De  Rasiere  by 
A.  Eekhof. 

Michaelius,  Jonas 

Manhattan  in  1628;  as  described 
in  the  recently  discovered  autograph 
letter  of  Jonas  Michaelius  written 
from  the  settlement  on  the  8th  of 
August  of  that  year  and  now  first 
published ;  with  a  review  of  the  letter 
and  an  historical  sketch  of  New  Neth- 
erland to  1 628,  by  D.  Versteeg.  New 
York,  1904. 

Letter  to  Joannes  Foreest,  of  Hoorn,  Hol- 
land, one  time  a  Director  of  the  Dutch  West 
India  Company.  Dated  from  Manhattan 
Island,  August  8,  1628. 

The  original  manuscript  was  among  a 
consignment  of  manuscripts  belonging  to  the 
Foreest  family  sold  at  auction  at  Amsterdam 
in  1902.  It  was  then  bought  by  William 
Harris  Arnold,  of  Nutley,  N.  J.,  who  caused 
it  to  be  published,  facsimile  and  an  English 
translation,  by  Dingman  Versteeg,  in  1904, 
in  an  edition  of  50  copies  on  Imperial  Japan 
paper  and  175  copies  on  Holland  hand-made 
paper. 

The  original  letter  was  sold  in  the  Arnold 
sale  at  New  York  in  November,  1924. 

Earliest  extant  original  letter  written  on 
Manhattan  Island. 

Letter  to  Domine  Adrianus  Smou- 
tius,  a  pastor  of  the  Dutch  Reformed 
Church  at  Amsterdam.  Dated  from 
Manhattan  Island,  August  1  1,  1628. 

The  original  manuscript.  It  was  discovered 
among  the  papers  of  Jacobus  Koning,  clerk 
of  the  fourth  judicial  district  of  Amsterdam. 


Subsequently  it  was  owned  by  Dr.  George 
Henry  Moore,  and  at  the  sale  of  his  manu- 
scripts in  1893  was  bought  by  the  Lenox 
Library  (now  consolidated  in  The  New  York 
Public  Library) . 

Second  extant  original  letter  written  on 
Manhattan  Island  and  only  three  days  later 
than  the  other  Michaelius  letter  of  which  a 
facsimile  is  also  exhibited. 

The  first  minister  of  the  Dutch 
Reformed  Church  in  the  United 
States  [Jonas  Michaelius.  A  letter 
written  by  him  to  Adrianus  Smoutius, 
Aug.  1  1,  1628.  With  preface  by 
H.  C.  Murphy.]  The  Hague 
[1858]. 

The  first  English  translation  by  Henry 
Cruse  Murphy. 

This  translation  was  reprinted  in  New 
York  colonial  documents,  v.  2  (1858);  in 
Collections  of  New  York  Historical  Society, 
Publication  Fund  series  for  1  880,  p.  365— 
387,  and  elsewhere. 

The  Dutch  text  was  printed  for  the  first 
time,  by  J.  C.  Bodel  Nijenhuis  in  Kerk- 
historisch  archief,  deel  1  (1857),  p.  365  ff. 

Editions  accompanied  by  a  full-size  fac- 
simile and  transliteration  came  out  at  Am- 
sterdam in  1 876  and  1  883. 

Murphy's  translation  revised  by  Rev.  John 
G.  Fagg,  with  a  reduced  facsimile  of  the 
manuscript,  appeared  in  Year  book  of  (Col- 
legiate) Reformed  Protestant  Dutch  Church, 
New  York  City  (1896)  and  also  as  a  separate 
pamphlet.  Fagg's  revision  is  also  in  Ecclesi- 
astical records  of  the  State  of  New  York,  v.  1 
(1901),  and  Jameson's  Narratives  of  New 
Netherland  (1909),  virtually  all  exhibited. 

Eekhof,  Albert 

Jonas  Michaelius,  founder  of  the 
Church  in  New  Netherland;  his  life 
and  work.  Leyden,  1926. 

Dr.  Eekhof,  Professor  of  Church  History 
at  the  University  of  Leyden,  in  this  study 
presents  much  that  is  new  about  the  first 
Dutch  minister  of  New  Netherland,  his  fam- 
ily and  his  career.  Notable  is  the  discovery 
of  a  new  letter  of  Michaelius  of  1630,  here 
exhibited,  in  which  the  clergyman  gives  Peter 


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New  Netherland  —  A  dministration  of 
Minuit,  1626—32,  continued 

Eekiiof,  Albert,  continued 
Minuit  a  bad  character  and  tells  of  the  cor- 
ruption of  his  government  and  council.  Two 
newly-discovered  letters  written  to  Michaelius 
are  also  printed.  All  texts  are  given  in  the 
original  with  English  translations. 

Middle  Dutch  Church,  New 
York 

In  memoriam.  Peter  Minuit,  first 
colonial  governor  and  elder.  Sebas- 
tian Jansen  Krol,  Jan  Huyck,  the 
Krankenbezoekers.  The  Rev.  Jonas 
Michaelius,  first  minister.  Jeremiah 


C.  Lanphier,  founder  of  the  Fulton 
Street  Prayer-Meeting.  Presented 
at  the  memorial  service,  Middle 
Dutch  Church  . . .  November  second, 
a.d.  1900.  [New  York,  1900.] 

Noort  Rivier  in  Nieuw  Neerlandt 

The  North  River  in  New  Nether- 
land, depicted  about  1630.  Repro- 
duced from  a  copy  drawn  by  J.  Ving- 
boon  about  1660,  now  in  the  Library 
of  Congress. 

Shows  the  localities  and  place-names  on 
the  Hudson  River. 


NEW  NETHERLAND 


FOURTH  ADMINISTRATION  —  BASTIAEN  JANSZ.  KROL:  1632-1633 
FIFTH  ADMINISTRATION  — WOUTER  VAN  TWILLER:  1633-1638 


Vryheden  By  de  Vergaderinghe 
van  de  Negenthiene  vande  Geoctroy- 
eerde  West-Indische  Compagnie  ver- 
gunt  aen  alien  den  ghenen  die 
eenighe  Colonien  in  Nieu-Neder- 
landt  sullen  planten.  Amstelredam, 
1630. 

Freedoms  and  exemptions  of  the  Dutch 
West  India  Company. 

This  is  the  original  edition  of  these  orders 
by  which  the  Directors  of  the  Dutch  West 
India  Company,  on  June  7,  1629,  granted 
encouragement  for  the  planting  of  colonies 
and  settlers  in  New  Netherland,  under  which 
patroonships  were  begun. 

The  first  separate  publication  relating  to 
New  Netherland. 

A  facsimile  reprint  was  made  in  1875  for 
George  Henry  Moore,  also  shown. 

The  Dutch  text  is  also  in  Wassenaer's 
Historisch  Verhael,  deel  18  (1630),  and  is 
an  appendix  to  the  Dutch  Articulen  relating 
to  Brazil,  printed  at  Amsterdam  in  1631. 

An  English  translation  made  by  Abraham 
Lott,  Jr.,  in  1762,  was  used  by  Moulton  in 
his  History  of  New  York,  part  2  (1826). 
This  translation  slightly  modified  has  been 


reprinted  in  Collections  of  New  York  His- 
torical Society,  series  2,  v.  1  (1841),  p. 
370—377,  and  elsewhere. 

A  revised  translation  from  the  text  as  it 
appeared  in  Wassenaer's  Historisch  Verhael 
is  in  Jameson's  Narratives  of  New  Nether- 
land (1909),  and  another  revised  translation 
from  the  text  as  it  appeared  in  1631  is  in  Van 
Rensselaer  Bozvier  manuscrifts  (1908),  ac- 
companied by  the  Dutch  text. 

Original  designs  of  coats-of-arms 
for  New  Netherland  and  New  Am- 
sterdam, 1630. 

In  the  Dutch  memorandum,  which  ac- 
companies the  three  colored  designs,  we  have 
a  minute  from  the  Book  of  Resolutions  of  the 
Nineteen  or  executive  body  of  the  Directors 
of  the  Dutch  West  India  Company,  respecting 
a  session  at  Middelburg  in  Zeeland  on  Sat- 
urday, December  28,  1630,  in  the  afternoon, 
at  which  time  Director  Michael  Paauw  (pa- 
troon  of  Pavonia,  now  Jersey  City)  displayed 
a  drawing  of  the  arms  of  New  Netherland, 
being  the  lower  one  here  shown  with  the  black 
beaver  and  surmounted  with  the  crown  of  a 
count,  which  the  meeting  approved. 


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Nezv  Netherland  —  Administrations  of  Krol 
and  Van  T wilier,  1632—38,  continued 

Original  designs  of  coats-of-arms  for 
New  Netherland  ..,  continued 

The  right  hand  design  is  the  arms  of  New 
Amsterdam. 

The  upper  left  hand  design  was  rejected 
as  not  good  enough. 

Wilde,  Edward  Seymour 

The  civic  ancestry  of  New  York  — 
City  and  State.  New  York:  Pub- 
lished by  the  Author,  1913. 

Plate  vn  exhibited,  a  coat-of-arms  of  New 
Amsterdam,  in  color. 

Hall,  Edward  Hagaman 
History  of  the  seal  and  flag. 
In:  John  B.  Pine,  editor,  Seal  and 

flag  of  the  City  of  New  York  (New 

York,  1915),  p.  22-67. 

Eekhof,  Albert 

Bastiaen  Jansz.  Krol,  kranken- 
bezoeker,  kommies  en  kommandeur 
van  Nieuw-Nederland  ( 1 595— 
1645).  's-Gravenhage,  1910. 

An  excellent  monograph,  bringing  new 
information  to  light  respecting  the  civil  and 
church  history  of  New  Netherland. 

Mason,  John 

[Letter  of  Captain  John  Mason 
concerning  the  Dutch  as  interlopers, 
April  2,  1632,  and  Sir  Ferdinando 
Gorges's  letter  touching  upon  a  pro- 
ject for  dispossessing  the  Dutch  in 
New  Netherland,  April  6,  1632.] 

In:  Documents  relating  to  the  co- 
lonial history  of  the  State  of  Nezv 
York,v.  3  (1853), p.  16-18. 


Laet,  Joannes  de 

Beschrijvinghe  van  West-Indien. 

Here  are  shown  the  Latin  version,  Ley- 
den,  1633,  and  the  French  version,  Leyden, 
1640. 

Dr.  J.  Franklin  Jameson  has  described 
these  versions  as  follows:  "The  text  of  the 
former  is  more  carefully  prepared  than  that 
of  the  latter.  In  both,  the  map  .  appears 
unchanged;  nor  are  additional  authorities 
cited  in  the  preface.  But  both  these  later 
editions  show  signs  of  that  increasing  interest 
in  natural  history  which  marked  De  Laet's 
later  years.  They  contain  excellent  plates  of 
American  animals  and  plants.  There  are  sim- 
ilar additions  to  the  text,  so  that  chapters  10 
and  1 1  of  Book  in  are  mostly  new  matter;  on 
the  other  hand,  many  passages  of  the  Dutch 
are  much  abridged  in  these  later  translations." 
—  Narratives  of  Nezv  Netherland,  p.  3  5 . 

Van  Laer,  Arnold  Johan 
Ferdinand,  editor 
Some  early  Dutch  manuscripts. 
Letters  to  Adriaen  Gerritsen  Papen- 
dorp. 

In:  Quarterly  journal  of  the  New 
York  State  Historical  Association,  v. 
3  (1922),  p.  221-233. 

Has  some  reference  to  events  of  1634. 
TWILLER,  WOUTER  VAN 

Letters  of  Wouter  van  Twiller 
and  the  Director  General  and  Coun- 
cil of  New  Netherland  to  the  Am- 
sterdam Chamber  of  the  Dutch  West 
India  Company,  August  14,  1636. 
[Edited  by  A.  J.  F.  van  Laer.] 

In:  Quarterly  journal  of  the  New 
York  State  Historical  Association,  v. 
1  (1919-20),  p.  44-50. 


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NEW  NETHERLAND 

SIXTH  ADMINISTRATION  — WILLEM  KIEFT:  1638-1647 


Dutch  grants  map,  lithographed 
in  colors  for  Valentine's  Manual, 
1857,  and  several  times  republished. 

This  interpretation  of  the  original  Dutch 
grants  in  New  Amsterdam  is  no  longer  use- 
ful. It  is  quite  faulty  in  the  plotting  of 
locations,  as  can  be  seen  by  comparing  with 
it  the  new  Grants  map  made  by  the  Macarthys 
for  Stokes's  Iconography,  exhibited  in  an  en- 
larged reproduction  for  easy  comparison. 

Map  of  the  Dutch  grants.  Com- 
piled by  J[ennie]  F.  and  C[harles] 
H.  Macarthy  for  [I.  N.  Phelps 
Stokes']  The  Iconography  of  Man- 
hattan Island.  1914-1916.  Copy- 
righted in  1916. 

This  fine  production  has  displaced  all 
other  attempts  to  solve  the  riddle  of  the 
original  Dutch  patents  and  conveyances  in 
old  New  Amsterdam. 

Enlarged  photostat  made  for  exhibition 
purposes  only  from  Stokes,  v.  2  (1916). 

Kieft,  Willem,  Director-General 
of  New  Netherland. 
Autograph  signature  attached  to  a 
land  grant  to  Jan  Celis,  alias  Old 
Jans,  for  acreage  situate  on  Maspeth 
Kil  on  Long  Island,  November  30, 
1644  (new  style). 

Original  document  owned  by  the  Library. 

Hazard,  Samuel 

Historical  collections.  Philadel- 
phia, 1792-94.  2v. 

There  are  statistics  on  the  fur  trade  of 
New  Netherland  and  the  cost  of  government 
in  v.  1,  p.  397.  Official  correspondence  of 
Kieft  and  Stuyvesant  with  New  England, 
principally  respecting  boundaries,  is  in  v.  2. 

Trouw-Boeck  oft  Register  der 
Personen  die  Hier  ingeschreeven,  en 


Hier,  oft  buijten  dese  Stadt  New- 
Yorke  Getrouwt  zijn.  Van  den  1 1 
dec.  1639.  totten  15  Maij  1652. 

In:  Samuel  S.  Purple,  Index  to 
marriage  records  (New  York,  1 890). 

Shows  facsimile  from  the  original  mar- 
riage register  of  the  Dutch  church. 

Purple,  Samuel  Smith,  editor. 

Records  of  the  Reformed  Dutch 
Church  in  New  Amsterdam  and  New 
York.  Marriages  from  1 1  Decem- 
ber, 1639,  to  26  August,  1801.  Ed- 
ited, with  introduction,  by  Samuel  S. 
Purple.  New  York,  1890. 

Published  by  the  New  York  Genealogical 
and  Biographical  Society. 

The  Manatus  map  —  Castello 
copy.  Date  depicted,  1 639. 

Earliest  survey  of  Manhattan  and  its  en- 
virons. 

Photograph  from  the  original  manuscript 
in  the  Villa  Castello,  near  Florence,  Italy. 

This  remarkable  survey  of  the  ejivirons  of 
greater  New  York  "is  the  starting-point  in 
the  study  of  topography  of  New  York  City, 
taking  us  back  to  the  days  of  its  infancy." 
It  is  also  the  earliest  depiction  of  any  of  the 
natural  water  courses  of  the  city. 

Lent  by  I.  N.  Phelps  Stokes,  Esq. 

The  Manatus  map  —  Harrisse 
copy.  Date  depicted,  1639. 

Earliest  survey  of  Manhattan  and  its  en- 
virons. 

Reproduced  from  the  original  manuscript 
in  the  Library  of  Congress,  Washington,  D 
C. 

The  original  survey  was  probably  made  by 
Andries  Hudden. 

It  is  incorrect  to  call  this  map  by  the  name 
of  Vingboon. 


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1638—47,  continued 

Van  Winkle,  Edward 

Manhattan,  1624-1639.  New 
York,  1916. 

A  monograph  largely  based  upon  the 
Manatus  map  (Harrisse  copy). 

Acknowledgment  which  attests 
that  Burger  Jorissen  before  Secre- 
tary Cornells  van  Tienhoven  made 
conveyance  of  a  house  and  lot  to  Cor- 
nells Melijn,  in  New  Amsterdam, 
situate  at  the  present  Pearl  Street, 
north  of  Broad,  December  15,  1644. 
Manuscript  in  Dutch,  together  with 
an  English  copy  attested  by  David 
Jameson,  deputy  secretary. 

Laet,  Joannes  de 

Historie  ofte  Jaerlijck  Verhael. 
Leyden,  1644. 

This  work  covers  the  activities  of  the 
Dutch  West  India  Company  from  its  begin- 
ning to  1630.  There  is  virtually  nothing  in 
it  about  New  Netherland.  The  author  in- 
tended to  continue  the  work,  but  that  was 
not  done. 

Gives  the  Charter  of  1621  and  other  docu- 
ments, as  well  as  a  list  of  the  Directors  of 
the  Company. 

Castell,  William 

A  Short  Discoverie  of  the  Coasts 
and  Continent  of  America.  London, 
1644. 

The  author  was  an  English  clergyman. 
New  Netherland  is  described  briefly.  As  an 
early  English  account  it  is  interesting  but  not 
important.  This  portion  was  reprinted  in  the 
Collections  of  the  New  York  Historical  So- 
ciety (1857),  with  an  introduction. 

A  full  reprint  is  in  the  Earl  of  Oxford's 
Collections  of  voyages  and  travels,  v.  2 
(1745). 


Jogues,  Father  Isaac 

Novum  Belgium.  [Dated:]  Des 
3  Rivieres  en  la  Nouvelle  France  3 
Augusti,  1646. 

In  this  document  the  Jesuit  missionary 
narrates  his  experiences  and  observations  in 
N  ew  Amsterdam  in  1643.  The  original  man- 
uscript is  in  St.  Mary's  College,  Montreal. 

First  printed  in  any  form  in  Documentary 
history  of  Nezv  York,  v.  4  (Albany,  1851). 
The  French  text  was  first  printed  in  1852  in 
an  appendix  to  a  reprint  of  Bressani's  Rela- 
tione. 

Novum  Belgium. 

In:  Documentary  history  of  New 
York,  v.  4  (Albany,  1851). 

The  first  English  translation  by  Rev.  Felix 
Martin,  and  first  printing  thereof  in  any 
form. 

Novum  Belgium. 

In :  F.  G.  Bressani,  Relation  abre- 
gee  .  .  .  Traduit  .  .  .  et  augmente  .  .  . 
far  le  R.  P.  F.  Martin  (Montreal, 
1852). 

The  first  printing  of  the  French  text. 

Novum  Belgium. 

In :  Collections  of  New  York  His- 
torical Society,  series  2,  v.  3,  part  1 
(1  857),  in  the  "Jogues  Papers". 

A  new  English  translation  by  J.  G.  Shea. 

A  preprint  of  these  papers  was  issued  in 
1856. 

Novum  Belgium. 
In:  J.  G.  Shea,  Relations  (New 
York,  1862). 

The  French  text. 

Novum  Belgium. 
New  York,  1862. 

A  privately-printed  volume.  With  a  to- 
tally different  translation  by  J.  G.  Shea  and 
for  the  first  time  a  facsimile  of  the  original 
manuscript. 


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1638—47,  continued 

Jogues,  Father  Isaac 

Novum  Belgium. 

In:  R.  G.  Thwaites,  Jesuit  rela- 
tions^. 28  (1898),  p.  104-115. 

The  best  modern  printing  of  text  and 
parallel  English  translation,  with  a  biblio- 
graphy by  V.  H.  Paltsits  of  its  various  issues. 


Jogues,  Father  Isaac 

Novum  Belgium. 

In:  Felix  Martin,  Le  P.  Isaac 
Jogues,  de  la  Compagnie  de  Jesus, 
premier  apotre  des  Iroquois  (Paris, 
1873). 

Another  edition  was  issued  in  Quebec, 
1874. 


NEW  NETHERLAND 

SEVENTH  ADMINISTRATION  — PETER  STUYVESANT:  1647-1664 


Stuyvesant  coat-of-arms.  Col- 
ored. 

In:  Journal  of  American  history, 
v.  3  (1909),  facing  p.  146. 

Paulding,  James  Kirke 

Affairs  and  men  of  New  Amster- 
dam, in  the  time  of  Governor  Peter 
Stuyvesant.  New  York,  1 843. 

TuCKERMAN,  BaYARD 

Peter  Stuyvesant.  New  York, 
1 893.  ("Makers  of  America.") 

Well-written,  but  has  a  good  many  errors. 

The  late  Professor  Herbert  L.  Osgood  said 
of  it,  in  Larned's  Literature  of  American  his- 
tory, p.  99-100: 

"A  useful  and  well-written  account  of  the 
life  of  Stuyvesant  and  the  history  of  New 
Netherland  during  the  last  twenty  years  of 
its  existence",  and  "makes  apparent  the  reasons 
for  the  failure  of  the  Dutch  at  colonization 
here.  One  chapter  contains  a  compact  and 
valuable  account  of  the  topography  and  social 
conditions  of  New  Amsterdam  just  before  the 
English  conquest." 

Ordinance  of  Director  General 
Peter  Stuyvesant  and  his  council, 
dated  May  31,  1647,  forbidding  the 
sale  of  intoxicating  liquors  on  Sun- 
day. Autotype  facsimile  by  Edward 
Bierstadt  from  the  original  Dutch 


records  in  the  office  of  the  County 
Clerk  of  New  York. 

Winthrop,  John 

Letter  of  Gov.  John  Winthrop  of 
Massachusetts,  dated  at  Boston,  Sep- 
tember 30,  1647  (O.S.)  To  Direc- 
tor General  Stuyvesant  (whom  he 
addresses  as  Peter  Stephenson). 

In  this  letter  Winthrop  presents  his  salu- 
tation to  the  newly-arrived  Director  General 
of  New  Netherland  "with  all  friendly  and 
due  Respect",  and  expresses  the  desire  and 
endeavor  of  always  maintaining  a  neighborly 
correspondence. 

Original  lent  by  Bronson  Winthrop,  Esq. 

Plantagenet,  Beauchamp,  pseud. 

A  description  of  the  Province  of 
New  Albion.  London,  1648. 

This  is  the  original  edition. 

It  was  printed  again  at  London,  1650; 
reprinted  in  Force's  Tracts,  v.  2,  and  in 
Gideon  D.  Scull's  The  Evelyns  in  America 
(Oxford,  1881).  There  are  also  documents 
on  the  subject  in  Collections  of  New  York 
Historical  Society,  v.  2  (1869). 

A  publication  extraordinary  for  its  absurd- 
ities and  baseless  fabrications. 

"So  far  as  there  is  a  shadow  of  truth  in  this 
tract,  it  can  be  traced  to  the  printed  works 
of  Purchas,  Captain  John  Smith,  and  other 
contemporary  authors,  as  well  as  to  the  diplo- 
matic history  of  the  times,  from  which  the 


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vesant,  1647—64,  continued 

Plantagenet,  Beauchamp,  pseud.,  cont'd 
fabricator  had  drawn  his  cues  for  the  dis- 
tortion of  truth  and  the  concoction  of  state- 
ments that  are  contrary  to  all  contemporary 
history." 

The  motive  of  the  tract  was  to  bolster  up 
unworthy  speculative  schemes. 

Penington,  John 

An  examination  of  Beauchamp 
Plantagenet's  Description  of  the 
province  of  New  Albion. 

In :  Memoirs  of  the  Historical  So- 
ciety of  Pennsylvania,  v.  4,  part  1 
(  1840),  p.  133-165. 

An    excellent   critical    examination  and 

analysis. 

He  exposes  many  falsehoods  and  shows 
that  the  alleged  name  of  the  author  is  a 
fabrication. 

Varlo,  Charles 

The  floating  ideas  of  nature.  Lon- 
don, 1796.  2  v. 

In  v.  2,  p.  82  ff.  there  are  references  to 
Sir  Edward  Plowden,  Earl  of  Albion. 

Breeden-Raedt  aende  Vereen- 
ichde  Nederlandsche  Provintien. 
Antwerpen,  1649. 

This  is  the  earliest  separate  publication 
about  affairs  in  New  Netherland.  It  is  in  the 
form  of  a  conversation  held  aboard  ship  be- 
tween a  fictitious  skipper  and  nine  other 
persons,  who  are  made  to  assume  different 
stations  or  nationalities.  The  skipper  is  the 
principal  speaker  and  he  arraigns  the  admin- 
istrations of  Kieft  and  Stuyvesant  unsparingly. 
It  is  evident  that  the  unknown  author  had 
intimate  personal  knowledge  of  affairs  in  the 
colony  or  received  details  directly  from  some- 
body who  had  knowledge  of  the  troubles  be- 
tween the  two  Directors-General  and  the 
representatives  of  the  commonalty.  Two  cop- 
ies are  shown  here  with  variant  title-pages. 

An  English  translation  of  extracts  was 
presented  for  the  first  time  by  F.  W.  Cowan 
in  Frederik  Muller's  Catalogue  of  books  re- 


lating to  America  (Amsterdam,  1  850).  Also 
issued  separately  in  the  same  year;  reprinted 
in  Documentary  history  of  New  York,  v.  4 
(1851). 

A  new  and  complete  translation  by  Henry 
C.  Murphy  with  the  dubious  title,  Broad- 
Advice,  accompanies  Murphy's  translation  of 
the  Vertoogh  or  Remonstrance  of  New  Neth- 
erland (New  York,  1854),  published  for 
James  Lenox,  afterwards  the  founder  of  the 
Lenox  Library,  now  a  part  of  The  New  York 
Public  Library.  This  was  reprinted  in  Col- 
lections of  New  York  Historical  Society,  se- 
ries 2,  v.  3  (1857),  p.  237  ff. 

HOLLANDSCHE    MeRCURIUS    1 650— 

1690.  40  parts. 
Material  relating  to  New  Netherland  is 
in  deel  4,  p.  41-43;  deel  6,  p.  130-131; 
deel  7,  p.  146-147,  149;  deel  13,  p.  3-4; 
deel  15,  p.  10-1  5,  1  53-1  55,  and  deel  17,  p. 
16. 

Very  little  about  New  Amsterdam  except 
what  is  given  in  deel  15  under  1664. 

New  Netherland  Papers 

Official  list  of  New  Netherland, 
showing  the  salaries  and  board  money 
of  each  official,  including  the  soldiers, 
schoolmaster,  and  clergymen.  1650. 

Extract  from  the  Articles  of 
Agreement  entered  into  and  con- 
cluded at  Hartford  in  Connecticut 
on  September  19,  1650,  between  the 
delegates  of  New  England  and  Stuy- 
vesant. 

The  well-known  Hartford  Boundary  Con- 
ference. 

donck,  adriaen  van  der,  and 
Others 

Vertoogh  van  Nieu-Neder-Land. 
's-Graven-Hage,  1650. 

This  work  is  the  first  in  point  of  time 
that  records  the  early  history  of  New  Nether- 
land. Besides  summarizing  the  events  from 
the  beginning  to  1649,  and  giving  an  account 
of  the  Indians  and  of  the  physical  features  of 
the  country,  it  is  notable  for  the  Remonstrance 


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vesant,  1647—64,  continued 

Donck,  Adriaen  van  der,  and  Others, 
continued 

of  the  Board  of  Nine  Men  to  the  States  Gen- 
eral. It  was  prepared  with  the  object  of  ob- 
taining redresses  of  grievances  —  a  protest 
against  the  arbitrary  acts  of  Kieft  and  Stuy- 
vesant. 

From  this  printed  text  an  English  trans- 
lation was  made  by  Henry  C.  Murphy,  for 
Collections  of  New  York  Historical  Society, 
series  2,  v.  2  (1 849),  p.  25  1-338,  which  was 
also  issued  separately.  A  copy  of  this  separate 
is  exhibited.  This  translation  appeared  again, 
entitled:  The  Representation  of  New  Neth- 
erland (New  York,  1854);  and  revised  by 
A.  Clinton  Crowell  it  is  a  part  of  Jameson's 
Narratives  of  New  Netherland  ( 1 909) . 

Vertoogh  van  Nieu  Nederland 
(Notarial  copy). 

Besides  the  text  as  printed  at  The  Hague 
in  1650,  there  exists  the  original  manuscript 
of  the  notarial  copy,  preserved  in  the  Rijks- 
archief  at  The  Hague;  but  this  does  not  dif- 
fer very  materially  from  the  printed  text. 

This  manuscript  text  was  translated  into 
English  by  E.  B.  O'Callaghan  as  Remon- 
strance of  New  Netherland  and  first  appeared 
in  Documents  relating  to  the  colonial  history 
of  the  State  of  New  York,  v.  1  and  also  sep- 
arately (Albany,  1856);  and  again  in  Penn- 
sylvania Archives,  series  2,  v.  5. 

Tienhoven,  Cornelis  van,  Secre- 
tary of  New  Netherland. 

Answer  to  the  representation  of 
New  Netherland  [otherwise  known 
as  Vertoogh].  Translated  by  Henry 
Cruse  Murphy. 

In:  Collections  of  New  York  His- 
torical Society,  series  2,  v.  2  (1849), 
p.  329-338. 

Another  translation  by  Edmund  Bailey 
O'Callaghan  is  in  Documents  relating  to  the 
colonial  history  of  the  State  of  New  York, 
v.  1  (1856),  p.  422  ff.  This  translation  also 
appeared  the  same  year  in  the  separate  issue 
of  his  edition  of  the  Remonstrance,  Albany, 
1856. 


Tienhoven,  Cornelis  van,  Secretary  of 
New  Netherland,  continued 
Murphy's  translation  revised  from  the 
original  manuscript  in  the  Rijksarchief  at 
The  Hague  by  William  I.  Hull  is  in  Jam- 
eson's Narratives  of  New  Netherland,  p.  359— 
377.  This  is  the  preferred  form  in  an  Eng- 
lish dress. 

Novi  Belgii  novasque  Anglise  nec 
non  partis  Virginias  tabula  multis  in 
locis  emendata. 

View  of  New  Amsterdam  and  map  of  New 
Netherland,  by  Nicolas  Joannes  Visscher, 
about  1655. 

Colored  and  uncolored  copies  are  shown. 

The  most  interesting  engraved  view  pro- 
duced during  the  Dutch  regime  in  New  Neth- 
erland and  which  survived,  singularly  enough, 
for  about  a  hundred  years  as  an  alleged  de- 
piction of  the  city. 

The  N.  J.  Visscher  map,  reissued  with 
many  corrections  and  additions,  the  name 
Philadelphia  among  them,  was  brought  out  by 
Nicolas  Visscher,  about  1683.  Also  exhibited. 

An  outline  reproduction  of  the  N.  J.  Vis- 
scher map  and  view  was  made  as  a  key  map 
for  Asher's  Bibliographical  essay  (appendix). 
This  also  is  shown. 

Eames,  Wilberforce 

Two  New  York  views  of  about 
1650. 

In:  Bulletin  of  The  New  York 
Public  Library,  v.  28  (1924),  p. 
679-681. 

The  views  are  "Nova  Amsteldam"  and  the 
inset  view  on  the  N.  J.  Visscher  map. 

MONTANUS,  ARNOLDUS 

De  Nieuwe  en  Onbekende  Weer- 
eld:  of  Beschryving  van  America. 
Amsterdam,  1671. 

New  Netherland  is  described  on  p.  123— 
134,  with  a  map  of  Novum-Belgium  and 
an  engraved  view  of  New  Amsterdam. 

The  chapter  is  based  on  the  works  of  De 
Laet  and  Van  der  Donck,  and  on  N.  J.  Vis- 
scher's  map. 


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vesant, 1647—64,  continued 

Ogilby,  John 

America:  being  an  accurate  De- 
scription of  the  New  World.  Lon- 
don, 1671. 

There  are  also  rare  copies  known  with  a 
predated  title,  1670,  one  of  which  is  also 
exhibited. 

Description  of  New  Netherland,  now  New 
York,  is  on  p.  168—182,  with  a  view  of 
Novum  Amsterodamum. 

The  description  is  not  a  mere  translation 
from  Montanus.  It  is  materially  amplified  by 
large  extracts  taken  bodily  from  Denton's 
Brief  Description  of  New-York,  yet  without 
acknowledgment. 

With  few  exceptions  the  plates  in  Ogilby 
are  the  same  copperplates  engraved  for  Mon- 
tanus. 

Dapper,  Olfert 

Die  unbekante  Neue  Welt.  Am- 
sterdam, 1673. 

Really  a  German  version  of  Montanus  by 
the  genera]  editor  of  a  series  or  collection  of 
voyages  and  descriptions  of  foreign  countries, 
published  at  Amsterdam  from  1670  to  1688. 

New  Netherland  is  described  on  p.  142  ff., 
with  the  view  of  Novum  Amsterodamum. 

The  copperplates  are  the  same  as  were 
used  in  the  Dutch  Montanus  and  the  English 
Ogilby,  only  they  show  wear. 

Aa,  Pieter  van  der 

La  Galerie  agreable  du  Monde. 
Leide  [  1729?].  66  v. 

Edition  limited  to  one  hundred  sets. 

A  remarkable  collection  of  copperplates, 
engraved  from  time  to  time  by  the  best  Dutch 
masters  and  reassembled  here  on  a  geograph- 
ical system.  Volumes  63  to  66  relate  wholly 
to  America,  v.  64,  plate  29,  contains  the 
Montanus  view  of  New  Amsterdam  with  inset 
views  of  Indians  and  animals  of  New  Neth- 
erland. 

v.  63,  chap,  ii.,  Nouvelle  Hollande,  a 
chapter  mainly  about  the  Indians  of  New 
Netherland. 


Beschrijvinghe  van  Virginia, 
Niew  Nederlandt,  Nieuw  Engelandt 
en  d'Eylanden  Bermudes,  Berbados, 
en  S.  Christoffel.  Amsterdam,  Joost 
Hartgers,  1651. 

This  anonymous  compilation,  often  quoted 
by  the  publisher's  name,  is  merely  a  reprint 
without  acknowledgment  of  parts  of  the 
Vertoogh  (16S0),  of  the  second  Dutch  edi- 
tion of  De  Laet  (1630),  and  the  Mohawk 
tract  by  Megapolensis  (1644).  It  has  a  re- 
duced copy  of  the  1630  de  Laet  map  with 
additional  names,  shows  the  St.  Lawrence 
River  in  part  as  "The  Great  River  of  New 
Netherland",  and  locates  Cohoes  Falls.  As  a 
collector's  item  it  is  chiefly  bought  for  a  pre- 
tended first  engraved  view  of  New  Amster- 
dam (here  exhibited).  There  are  those  who 
see  in  this  view  nothing  more  than  an  artist's 
conception  or  misconception,  while  some 
others  have  faith  in  it  as  though  it  had  pho- 
tographic accuracy.  Put  in  relation  with  con- 
temporary documents  it  is  an  enigma. 

Gardyner,  George 

A  Description  of  the  New  World. 
London,  1651. 

Chapter  27  (p.  93-94)  relates  to  "New 
Holland".  The  author  says  he  has  written 
from  his  "own  knowledge  or  good  intelli- 
gence"; that  he  intended  to  produce  a  fuller 
volume  but  was  prevented  by  being  captured 
by  "Flemmings  and  Irish",  who  took  from 
him  "the  greater  relation." 

Ground  Brief  from  Director 
General  Stuyvesant  and  the  provin- 
cial council  of  New  Netherland  to 
Sander  Leendertsen,  dated  at  Fort 
Amsterdam,  April  23,  1652.  Signed 
by  Stuyvesant  and  Secretary  Cornells 
van  Tienhoven.  Manuscript. 

The  Second  Part  of  the  Tragedy 
of  Amboyna:  or,  A  true  Relation  of 
a  Most  Bloody,  Treacherous  and 
Cruel  Design  of  the  Dutch  in  New 
Netherlands  [sic]  in  America.  For 
the  total  Ruining  and  Murthering  of 


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vesant, 1647—64,  continued 

The  Second  Part  of  the  Tragedy  of  Am- 
boyna  .  .  ,  continued 

the  English  Colonies  in  New-Eng- 
land. London,  1653. 

The  first  separate  English  publication  re- 
ferring to  New  Netherland. 

An  excessively  rare  publication  and  inter- 
esting on  that  account.  Historically  it  is 
negligible.  It  belongs  to  the  "false  alarm" 
literature  of  the  world. 

The  facsimile  brought  out  by  the  late 
Henry  F.  De  Puy  is  exhibited. 

Commonwealth's  Great  Ship. 
London,  1653  [*.*.  165^]. 

It  contains  a  reprint  of  the  alarmist  tract, 
The  Second  Part  of  the  Tragedy  of  Am- 
boyna,  that  had  made  its  appearance  a  few 
months  before. 

New  Netherland  Papers 

Foundation  of  New  Amsterdam  as 
a  municipality,  February  2,  1653. 

The  official  promulgation  by  Director 
General  Stuyvesant  and  the  members  of  his 
provincial  council  —  La  Montagne,  Brian 
Newton,  and  Cornelis  Van  Tienhoven,  of  the 
grant  of  municipal  government  to  the  people 
of  New  Amsterdam,  together  with  the  rights 
and  privileges  thereof,  and  the  manner  of 
executing  justice  in  the  inferior  court  granted 
to  the  city.  Also  the  formal  oath  of  office 
taken  by  the  city  officials. 

The  New  York  Public  Library  has  two 
contemporary  manuscript  copies  of  this  re- 
markable document,  which  had  long  been 
sought  after  and  was  recognized  only  a  few 
years  ago  by  Victor  H.  Paltsits  whilst  making 
researches  for  Stokes's  Iconografhy  of  Man- 
hattan Island,  where  it  is  now  available  in 
facsimile  with  an  English  translation. 

Fernow,  Berthold,  editor. 

The  records  of  New  Amsterdam 
from  1653  to  1674  .  .  .  New  York, 
1897.  7v. 

Published  under  the  authority  of  the  City 
of  New  York. 


Fernow,  Berthoi.d,  editor,  continued 

These  volumes  contain  English  transla- 
tions by  Berthold  Fernow  and  E.  B.  O'Cal- 
laghan  of  the  early  Dutch  court  records  and 
transcripts  of  the  earliest  Mayor's  court  min- 
utes written  in  English.  The  originals  are 
in  possession  of  the  City  Clerk,  Municipal 
Building.  There  are  some  gaps  in  the  orig- 
inal records. 

Analyzed  they  are:  Minutes  of  Court  of 
Burgomasters  and  Schepens  of  New  Amster- 
dam, 1653-1665;  Court  of  Mayor  and  Al- 
dermen of  New  York  City,  1665-1673;  Re- 
stored Court  of  Burgomasters  and  Schepens 
of  New  Orange,  1673—1674;  Administrative 
minutes  of  the  Burgomasters,  March  8,  1657— 
January  28,  1661.  Some  ordinances  are  in 
v.  1. 

For  continuation  of  Administrative  min- 
utes of  the  Burgomasters  after  1661,  see  Min- 
utes of  the  Orfhanmasters  Court,  v.  2  (New 
York,  1907). 

The  following  representative  pages  ex- 
hibited: 

v.  1,  p.  48:  Form  of  prayer  for  opening 
the  city  court  of  New  Amsterdam. 

v.  1,  p.  49:  Earliest  extant  minutes, 
Thursday,  February  6,  1653.  A  facsimile  of 
the  original  record  also  shown. 

v.  2,  p.  8:  Specimen  court  cases,  respect- 
ing the  ownership  of  two  old  Bibles,  and 
complaint  of  Jacob  Barsimson,  the  first  Jewish 
immigrant. 

v.  3,  p.  90:  Nicasius  de  Sille,  the  chief 
prosecuting  officer  of  the  city,  accuses  his  own 
wife  in  court  and  requests  a  divorce. 

v.  4,  p.  5  5:  Court  record  of  a  fight  on 
Broadway. 

v.  5,  p.  221  ff:  Assessment  list,  1665, 
headed  by  Peter  Stuyvesant. 

v.  6,  p.  58  ff:  Voluntary  contributions 
for  the  support  of  the  ministry. 

Executive  or  administrative  min- 
utes of  the  Burgomasters  of  New 
Amsterdam.  March  8,  1657,  to  Jan- 
uary 28,  1661. 

In:  Records  of  New  Amsterdam, 
v.  7,  p.  140-267. 

Printed  here  in  English  translation. 


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vesant,  1647—64,  continued 

Fernow,  Berthold,  editor 

Minutes  of  the  Orphanmasters 
Court,  v.  2.  New  York,  1907. 

This  composite  volume  is  misnamed.  It 
contains  only  English  translations  of  Execu- 
tive or  administrative  minutes  of  the  burgo- 
masters of  New  Amsterdam,  February  11, 
1661,  to  May  20,  1664,  and  Register  of 
Walewyn  vander  Veen,  notary  public  of  New 
Amsterdam,  May  20,  1662,  to  June,  1664. 

Autographs  of  members  of  the 
city  government  of  New  Amsterdam 
and  New  York  previous  to  the  Rev- 
olution. Facsimiles  from  Valentine's 
Manual ,  1  858. 

Medal  commemorating  the  estab- 
lishment of  municipal  government  in 
New  Amsterdam,  Feb.  2,  1653.  Is- 
sued by  the  St.  Nicholas  Society, 
1903.  Made  by  Tiffany  &  Co. 

SlLLE,  NlCASIUS  DE 

Letters  of  Nicasius  de  Sille,  1654. 
[Edited  by  A.  J.  F.  van  Laer.] 

In:  Quarterly  journal  of  the  New 
York  State  Historical  Association,  v. 
1  (1919-20),  p.  98-108. 

New  Netherland  Papers 

Original  letter  from  Nicasius  de 
Sille  to  the  Directors  at  Amsterdam, 
1655. 

In  this  letter  he  complains  bitterly  of  be- 
ing ignored  as  a  member  of  the  council  of 
New  Netherland  and  mentions  his  particular 
grievances. 

Extract  from  a  general  letter  of 
Director-General  Stuyvesant  and 
council  to  the  Directors  at  Amster- 
dam, October  30,  1655. 

Reveals  that  when  Kieft  left  New  Nether- 
land in  1647,  he  took  with  him  many  of  the 
older  records. 


Fernow,  Berthold,  editor 

The  minutes  of  the  Orphanmas- 
ters of  New  Amsterdam,  1655  to 
1663.  New  York,  1902.  [v.  1.] 

Covers  only  October  18,  165  5,  to  Novem- 
ber 22,  1663,  though  the  entire  manuscript 
minutes  run  to  April  2,  1668.  They  have  all 
been  translated  by  E.  B.  O'Callaghan,  but  that 
translation  was  never  printed.  The  O'Cal- 
laghan manuscript  and  the  original  minutes 
are  in  the  custody  of  the  City  Clerk,  Munici- 
pal Building,  New  York  City. 

Gerard,  James  Watson,  Jr. 

The  old  Stadt  Huys  of  New  Am- 
sterdam. New  York,  1 875. 

A  story  of  the  first  city  tavern  which  be- 
came the  first  city  hall. 

Read  before  the  New  York  Historical 
Society. 

Home  of  Adriaen  van  der  Donck, 
attacked  by  Indians,  September, 
1655.  Site  of  present  Van  Cortlandt 
mansion.  Reproduced  from  the  his- 
torical painting  by  John  Ward  Duns- 
more,  owned  by  Title  Guarantee  & 
Trust  Company.  Printed  on  back  of 
illustrated  wall  calendar  issued  by 
the  Company,  1916. 

Donck,  Adriaen  van  der 

Beschryvinge  van  Nieuw-Neder- 
lant.  Aemsteldam,  1655. 

The  Amsterdam  Chamber  of  the  Dutch 
West  India  Company  consented  to  its  pub- 
lication on  February  25,  165  5,  and  as  the 
author  died  that  year  in  New  Netherland,  he 
may  never  have  seen  the  published  work,  and 
certainly  could  not  have  been  concerned  with 
the  second  edition  of  1656. 

The  first  edition  has  on  p.  9  a  restrike  of 
the  so-called  view  of  "t'Fort  nieuw  Amster- 
dam op  de  Manhatans",  repeated  from  the 
plate  used  in  the  Hartgers  tract  of  1651.  Two 
variant  issues  exist  of  this  edition. 


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vesant,  1647-64,  continued 

Donck,  Adriaen  van  der 

Beschryvinge  van  Nieuvv-Neder- 
Jant.  Aemsteldam,  Evert  Nieuwen- 
hof,  1656. 

The  so-called  Hartgers  view  is  omitted 
from  this  edition  and  in  place  thereof  is  a 
sectional  map  with  another  view  derived  from 
the  N.  J.  Visscher  map  that  came  out  after 
the  publication  of  the  first  edition  of  Van  der 
Donck.  This  new  folded  plate  is  often, 
though  erroneously,  called  "Vander  Donck's 
Map".  He  had  nothing  to  do  with  it. 

This  second  edition  is  entirely  reset  and 
has  some  changes  of  matter  and  also  the  ad- 
dition of  the  "Conditien,"  or  regulations  for 
immigration  to  New  Netherland. 

An  English  translation  was  made  by  Jere- 
miah Johnson,  a  former  mayor  of  Brooklyn, 
and  published  in  Collections  of  the  New 
York  Historical  Society,  series  2,  v.  1  (1841), 
p  1 25-242,  which  is  also  shown. 

N.,  N. 

America:  or  An  exact  Description 
of  the  West-Indies.  London,  1655. 

In  part  2,  p.  265—270  there  is  a  Descrip- 
tion of  Novum  Belgium  or  Nieuw-Neder- 
landt. 

Full  of  absurdities  and  scarcely  a  fact. 

Vries,  David  Pietersz.  de 

Korte  Historiael  ende  Journaels. 
Alkmaar,  1655. 

Records  his  various  voyages  in  the  four 
parts  of  the  world.  His  interest  in  New 
Netherland  was  first  brought  about  by  a  con- 
versation with  Samuel  Godijn  in  1630,  lead- 
ing to  the  founding  of  the  patroonship  of 
Zwanendael  (now  in  the  state  of  Delaware). 
He  also  had  later  interests  on  Staten  Island. 

An  English  translation  by  Henry  Cruse 
Murphy  of  the  parts  relating  to  America  ap- 
peared in  Collections  of  New  York  Historical 
Society,  series  2,  v.  3,  p.  9—136,  and  was 
privately  reprinted  in  1853  for  James  Lenox. 


Vries,  David  Pietersz.  de 

Voyages  from  Holland  to  Amer- 
ica, a.d.  1632  to  1644.  Translated 
from  the  Dutch,  by  Henry  C. 
Murphy.  New  York,  1 853. 

Korte  Historial  ende  Journaels. 
Uitgegeven  door  Dr.  H.  T.  Colen- 
brander.  's-Gravenhage,  1911. 

Publication  no.  3  of  the  Linschoten-Ve- 
iteniging. 

The  first  republication  of  the  Dutch  text, 
with  a  long  introduction  and  notes  by  Dr. 
Colenbrander. 

A  supplement  contains  unusual  maps  from 
originals  in  Prince  Bonaparte's  collection. 

Pas-Caart  van  de  Suyd-Rivier  in 
Nieu-Nederland.  Facsimile  repro- 
duction from  the  unique  copy  by 
David  Peter  de  Vries,  in  the  library 
of  Prince  Bonaparte.  [1655.]  2 
sheets,  each  9  x  in. 

The  chart  of  the  South  (Delaware)  River 
is  the  earliest  known  survey.  The  second 
sheet  is  a  chart  of  New  England,  New  Neth- 
erland, etc.  Only  12  copies  of  these  fac- 
similes were  made,  about  1895. 

They  were  again  reproduced  for  the  sup- 
plement of  Dr.  Colenbrander's  edition  of 
De  Vries,  in  191 1. 

New  Netherland  Papers 

Extract  from  the  Register  of  reso- 
lutions of  the  Dutch  West  India 
Company  Chamber  of  Amsterdam, 
March  9,  1656. 

For  the  better  populating  of  New  Nether- 
land with  mechanics  and  farmers,  who  with 
their  wives  and  children  are  to  be  encouraged 
with  free  passage,  should  they  purpose  to  re- 
main there. 

Petition  of  the  Burgomasters  and 
Schepens  of  New  Amsterdam  to 
Director-General  Stuyvesant  and 
his  council  requesting  that  the  city 


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vesant,  1647—64,  continued 

New  Netherland  Papers,  continued 
may  have  an  independent  schout  or 
prosecuting  officer,  which  request  was 
peremptorily  refused.  June,  1656. 

Extract  from  a  letter  of  Director- 
General  Stuyvesant  and  council  to  the 
Directors  at  Amsterdam,  June  1 0, 
1656. 

Jewish  traders  —  Ransom  of  captives  from 
the  Indians  —  Tapsters  tax  on  beer. 

Abstract  of  letters  and  papers  from 
New  Netherland  that  arrived  in  the 
ship  Bever  July,  1657  for  the  Direc- 
tors at  Amsterdam. 

Extract  from  a  letter  of  Director- 
General  Stuyvesant  and  council  to  the 
Directors  at  Amsterdam,  August  1 6, 
1657. 

New  Netherland  money  —  Need  masons 
to  repair  the  forts,  etc.  —  Have  negroes  fit 
as  mechanics  —  Failure  of  silk  culture  — 
Depredations  by  the  Indians  —  Defence. 

Nova  Belgica  et  Anglia  Nova. 

A  sheet  map  of  New  Netherland  and  New 
England,  about  1658,  from  a  Blaeu  Atlas. 
This  map  is  engraved  sidewise  and  should  be 
so  read.  In  upright  case. 

Pascaarte  van  Nieu  Nederlandt. 

A  coast  map  of  New  Netherland,  published 
at  Amsterdam  by  Hendrick  Doncker,  about 
1659.  In  upright  case. 

Pas  Caerte  van  Nieu  Nederlandt 
en  de  Engelsche  Virginies  van  Cabo 
Cod  tot  Cabo  Canrick.  About  1676. 

In  upright  case. 

Belgii  Novi.  Anglise  Novas,  et 
partis  Virginias  Novissima  Delinea- 


tio.  Prostant  Amstelaedami  apud 
Petrum  Schenk,  et  Gerardum  Valk. 
About  1690. 

In  upright  case. 

Nouvelle  Hollande,  (a  present 
Nouvelle-York)  Nouvelle-Angle- 
tcrre  et  une  partie  de  la  Virginie, 
dressees  sur  les  propres  manuscrits 
de  ceux  qui  en  ont  fait  la  decouverte, 
et  mises  en  lumiere  par  Pierre  vander 
Aa  . . .  Leide.  About  1 729. 

Map  of  New  Netherland  and  New  Eng- 
land about  1729.  In  upright  case. 

New  Netherland  Papers 

Extracts  of  papers  and  letters  that 
arrived  from  New  Netherland  in  the 
ship  De  Waech  (The  Balance),  and 
were  read  at  a  meeting  of  the  Direc- 
tors at  Amsterdam  on  March  26, 
1658. 

Summary  of  requests  by  the  city 
officials  of  New  Amsterdam  and  ac- 
tion thereon  by  the  Directors  at  Am- 
sterdam. The  memorandum  dated 
May  25,  1658. 

Some  extracts  from  the  additional 
writs  that  arrived  with  a  letter  from 
Director-General  Stuyvesant  and  his 
council,  dated  July  23,  1658,  and 
read  at  a  meeting  of  the  Directors  at 
Amsterdam  in  September  following. 

One  sentence  reads:  "The  wages  of  the 
masons  at  Manhattan  or  New  Amsterdam  have 
been  raised." 

Heylyn,  Peter 

Cosmographie.  London,  1660. 

The  printed  title  is  dated  1657  and  the 
engraved  title  has  1660.  Special  titles  to  the 
third  and  fourth  books  are  dated  1656. 
America  is  covered  by  part  2  of  the  fourth 
book,  where,  on  p.  1027,  there  is  a  descrip- 
tion of  Novum  Belgium  or  Nieu-Nederlandt, 
but  this  has  no  positive  value. 


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vesant,  1647-64,  continued 

Heylyn,  Peter 

Official  report  of  a  census  of  houses 
in  New  Amsterdam  taken  July  10, 
1660  under  Nicasius  de  Sille,  Schout 
of  the  City  of  New  Amsterdam. 

Accompanied  by  an  English  translation 
with  interpretations  in  brackets.  The  original 
census  is  partly  in  De  Si  lie's  handwriting. 

Redraft  of  the  Castello  Plan. 
New  Amsterdam  in  1660.  [New 
York,]  1916. 

A  birdseye  view  of  New  Amsterdam,  prob- 
ably surveyed  by  Jacques  Cortelyou,  1660. 
This  re-draft  with  accessories,  which  follows 
the  manuscript  drawing  in  the  Villa  Castello, 
near  Florence,  Italy,  is  by  John  Wolcott 
Adams  and  I.  N.  Phelps  Stokes.  Colored  copy. 

Portrait  of  Jacob  Steendam. 
Engraved  by  E.  Spanier.  Proof. 

He  was  the  first  poet  of  New  Netherland 
and  dwelt  for  a  while  in  New  Amsterdam. 

Steendam,  Jacob 

Den  distelvink.  Eerste  Deel, 
Minne-sang.  Amsterdam,  1649. 

't  Lof  van  Nuw-Nederland.  Am- 
sterdam, 1661 . 

The  original  edition  by  the  first  Dutch 
poet  of  New  Netherland  of  his  Praise  of  New 
Netherland. 

For  selections  in  English  translations  see 
the  publications  by  Henry  Cruse  Murphy  and 
William  Loring  Andrews. 

Murphy,  Henry  Cruse 

Jacob  Steendam,  noch  vaster.  A 
memoir  of  the  first  poet  in  New 
Netherland,  with  his  poems  descrip- 
tive of  the  colony.  The  Hague, 
1861. 

Printed  for  private  distribution. 
See  also  the  edition  by  Andrews. 


Murphy,  Henry  Cruse 

Anthology  of  New  Netherlands 
or,  Translations  from  the  early 
Dutch  poets  of  New  York.  New 
York,  1865. 

Dutch  texts  with  English  translations  of 
"the  earliest  poems  written  within  the  bounds 
of  the  State  of  New  York",  namely  by  Jacob 
Steendam,  Henricus  Selyns,  and  Nicasius  de 
Sille. 

Andrews,  William  Loring 

The  first  poet  of  New  Netherland. 
In:  The  Bookman,  v.  19  (1904), 

p.  464-471. 

Jacob  Steendam,  noch  vaster;  a 
memoir  of  the  first  poet  in  New 
Netherland  .  .  .  New  York,  1908. 

With  translations  of  his  poems  by  Henry 
Cruse  Murphy. 

Edition  limited  to  1 1  5  copies. 

A  Description  of  the  Towne  of 
Mannados:  or  New-Amsterdam  as  it 
was  in  September,  1661. 

The  so-called  "Duke's  Plan."  Copied 
from  an  original  colored  drawing  in  the 
British  Museum  for  George  H.  Moore  in 
1  858,  and  lithographed  for  Valentine's  Man- 
ual, 1859. 

New  Amsterdam  as  it  was  in  Sep- 
tember, 1661. 

Reproduction  of  a  page  of  the  recently 
discovered  manuscript  of  Description  of  the 
Towne  of  Mannadens  in  New  Netherland. 

Original  manuscript  in  Royal  Society  of 
London. 

Printed  in  its  entirety  in  Jameson's  Nar- 
ratives of  New  Netherland,  p.  417—424. 
Also  exact  photographic  reproduction  of  the 
so-called  "Duke's  Plan",  reduced,  showing 
New  Amsterdam  as  it  was  in  September,  1 66 1 . 

Kort  verhael  van  Nieuw-Neder- 
lants  gelegentheit,  deughden,  natuer- 


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vesant, 1647—64,  continued 

Kort  verhael .  .  . ,  continued 
lijke  voorrechten,  en  byzondere  be- 
quaemheidt  ter  bevolkingh.  [Am- 
sterdam,] 1662. 

There  is  also  another  issue  of  this  rare 
item  entitled:  7.eekere  Vrye-Voorslagen,  with 
the  imprint  of  Amsterdam,  1663,  of  which 
the  only  known  copy  is  in  the  John  Carter 
Erown  Library,  Providence.  Both  editions 
have  84  pages. 

This  tract  gives  a  concise  account  of  the 
situation,  virtues,  and  natural  advantages  of 
New  Netherland  and  its  particular  fitness  for 
colonization.  It  is  an  argument  for  the  Dutch 
title  to  New  Netherland,  has  value  as  a  col- 
onization tract,  and  for  its  description  of  the 
country,  especially  on  the  Delaware  River, 
and  the  account  it  gives  of  the  Indians. 

New  Amsterdam  is  mentioned  on  p.  1 8. 

Remonstrantie,  vande  bewint- 
hebberen  der  Nederlantsche  West- 
Indische  Compagnie,  aende  d'Heer- 
en  Staten  Generael  over  verscheyde 
specien  van  Tyrannye,  ende  gewelt, 
door  de  Engelsche  in  Nieuw-Neder- 
lant.  Schidam,  1663.  Broadside. 

Only  two  copies  are  known,  one  at  the 
University  of  Leyden  and  the  other  at  the 
John  Carter  Brown  Library,  Providence. 
Photostat  from  the  latter  copy. 

The  Remonstrance  was  made  by  the  Di- 
rectors of  the  Dutch  West  India  Company  to 
the  Lords  of  the  States  General,  charging  acts 
of  tyranny  and  violence  committed  by  the 
English  in  New  Netherland  against  the  people 
in  the  Dutch  province,  and  therefore  they 
asked  reparation  and  justice.  Specifically,  the 
complaints  related  to  the  New  England  in- 
vasion of  the  Dutch  settlements  on  Long 
Island  and  the  unsettled  boundary  disputes 
with  Connecticut. 

There  is  an  English  translation  in  Asher's 
Bibliographical  essay,  p.  208  ff. 

There  exists  also  an  eight-page  pamphlet, 
Naerder  Klagh-V  ertoogh  (A  further  com- 
plaint) printed  in  1664,  which  is  even  more 
interesting.  This,  too,  is  translated  in  Asher, 
p.  210  ff. 


Stuyvesant,  Peter 

Letter  of  Director-General  Stuy- 
vesant of  New  Netherland  dated 
June  9,  1663  (N.S.)  To  Gov.  John 
Winthrop  of  Connecticut. 

Stuyvesant  commends  his  brother-in-law, 
Nicolacs  Varlet,  to  the  favor  of  Winthrop, 
and  expresses  the  hope  of  preserving  a  firm 
peace  and  neighborly  amity  between  Win- 
llirop  and  himself. 

Original  lent  by  Bronson  Winthrop,  Esq. 

Winthrop,  John 

Letter  of  Gov.  John  Winthrop  of 
Connecticut  dated  at  Hartford,  June 
17,  1663  (O.S.)  to  Director-General 
Stuyvesant. 

Winthrop's  reply  to  Stuyvesant's  letter 
about  Varlet,  reciprocating  also  the  senti- 
ments expressed  with  respect  to  the  continu- 
ance of  a  firm  peace  and  union  between  them. 

Original  lent  by  Bronson  Winthrop,  Esq. 

Ground  Brief  of  land  at  Canare- 
singh  [Canarsie]  to  Govert  Loocker- 
mans,  signed  by  Director  General 
Peter  Stuyvesant  and  Secretary  Cor- 
nelis  van  Ruijven,  dated  May  20, 
1664.  With  paper  embossed  seal  of 
New  Netherland. 

Winthrop,  John 

The  original  signed  draft  letter 
written  by  Gov.  John  Winthrop  of 
Connecticut  and  signed  also  with  ap- 
proval of  the  Royal  Commissioners, 
Richard  Nicolls,  Robert  Carr,  George 
Cartwright,  dated  at  Gravesant,  Au- 
gust 22,  1664  (O.S.),  advising  Stuy- 
vesant to  surrender  himself  and  all 
his  people  to  the  obedience  of  the 
English  king,  in  order  to  "avoid  the 
effusion  of  blood". 

It  was  the  original  letter,  copied  from  this 
draft,  sent  to  Stuyvesant,  which  threw  him 
into  such  a  rage  that,  when  questioned  about 
it.  he  tore  up  the  letter.  The  original  letter 


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vesant,  1647—64,  continued 

Winthrop,  John,  continued 
received  and  torn  up  does  not  exist.  The 
original  draft  is  therefore  of  the  highest  in- 
terest.  It  at  one  time  was  part  of  the  files 
of  original  Winthrop  Papers. 

Lent  by  Bronson  Winthrop,  Esq. 

Original  first  rough  draft  of  letter 
to  Peter  Stuyvesant  August  22,  1664 
(O.S.). 

Photograph  of  this  highly  interesting  let- 
ter bearing  upon  the  surrender  of  New  Neth- 
erland, from  the  original  holograph  copy  in 
the  Winthrop  Papers  at  the  Massachusetts 
Historical  Society. 

Artykelen,  Van't  overgaen  van 
Nieuw-Nederlandt.  Op  den  27  Au- 
gustij,  Oude  Stijl,  Anno  1664. 

Original  Dutch  broadside  of  the  Articles 
of  the  surrender  of  New  Netherland  to  the 
English,  evidently  used  as  a  poster  in  Hol- 
land. 

Also  shown  in  Dutch  in  the  Hollandtze 
Mercurius,  Deel  15,  p.  1  53—1  54. 

Josselyn,  John 

An  account  of  two  voyages  to 
New-England.  London,  1674. 

It  has  some  references  to  New  York  in 
1664-  on  p.  1  5  3-1  54,  272-273.  They  are 
curious  yet  have  no  particular  historical  value. 


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Josselyn,  John,  continued 

There  was  a  reissue  in  1675,  and  there 
are  reprints;  the  best,  with  annotations,  was 
issued  in  a  limited  edition  at  Boston  in  1  865. 

New  York  Historical  Society 

Commemoration  of  the  conquest 
of  New  Netherland,  on  its  two  hun- 
dredth anniversary.  New  York, 
1864. 

The  publication  includes  an  historical  ora- 
tion by  John  Romeyn  Brodhead,  with  an  ap- 
pendix of  documents  on  p.  59—73,  and  the 
proceedings  of  the  Society's  celebration. 

Schoolcraft,  Henry  L. 

The  capture  of  New  Amsterdam. 

In:  English  historical  review,  v.  22 
(1907),  p.  674-693. 

An  economic  interpretation  which  goes 
into  the  diplomatic  phases  of  the  matter.  He 
says:  "The  war  itself  grew  out  of  the  struggle 
lor  trade  which  was  bequeathed  to  the  two 
countries  by  the  war  of  1652". 

Redway,  Jacques  W. 

Some  side  lights  on  the  passing  of 
New  Netherland  viewed  from  West- 
chester county. 

In:  Proceedings  of  the  New  York 
State  Historical  Society,  v.  9  ( 1 9 1 0), 
p.  152-159. 


THE  ENGLISH  INTERREGNUM 
ADMINISTRATIONS  OF 
RICHARD  NICOLLS:  1664-1668  and  FRANCIS  LOVELACE:  1668-1673 


De  Noord  Rivier  anders  R.  Man- 
hattans off  Hudsons  Rivier  Genaamt 
in  t'Groodt. 

The  North  River  otherwise  the  River 
Manhattans  or  Hudsons  River,  and  also  inset 
of  De  Versche  Rivier  (Fresh  Water  or  Con- 
necticut River).  This  map  appeared  origi- 
nally in  Van  Keulen's  Atlas  about  1685. 
Lithographic  facsimile.  New  York,  1854. 


McKinley,  Albert  Edward 

The  transition  from  Dutch  to 
English  rule  in  New  York.  A  study 
in  political  imitation. 

In:  American  historical  review,  v. 
6  (1901),  p.  693-724. 


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Nezv  N etherlatid  —  The  English  Interreg- 
tium:  Administrations  of  Nicolls  and  Love- 
lace, 1664—73,  continued 

Paltsits,  Victor  Hugo 

The  transition  from  Dutch  to 
English  government  in  the  City  of 
New  York. 

In:  John  B.  Pine,  editor,  Seal  and 
-flag  of  the  City  of  New  York.  New 
York,  1915. 

Prepared  for  the  City's  official  celebration 
of  the  250th  anniversary  of  the  event,  June 
24,  1915. 

New  Amsterdam  land  records. 

Original  Dutch  ground  brief  from  Peter 
Stuyvesant  and  the  Council  of  New  Nether- 
land to  Andries  Rees,  a  cadet  of  the  West 
India  Company  and  a  member  of  the  Rattle 
Watch  or  town  police,  also  a  tavernkeeper  of 
New  Amsterdam,  dated  May  17,  1664.  With 
fine  impression  of  the  paper  and  wax  seal  of 
New  Netherland,  signed  by  Stuyvesant  and 
by  Secretary  Cornells  van  Ruijven.  The  house 
lot  was  on  the  east  side  of  William  (then 
called  Smee)  Street,  south  of  the  fortified 
wall  or  present  Wall  Street. 

Original  confirmation  of  the  above  patent, 
given  to  Rees  by  signature  of  Governor  Rich- 
ard Nicolls,  June  4,  1667. 

Original  deed  of  conveyance  from  Andries 
Rees  to  Thomas  Davis,  dated  May  26,  1680, 
for  the  aforesaid  house  and  lot. 

These  three  pieces  reveal  the  realty  prac- 
tice from  original  grant  to  disposition  to 
another  party  by  conveyance. 

Original  confirmation  from  Governor 
Richard  Nicolls  to  Andries  Rees  of  a  house 
lot  lying  in  the  Smiths  Valley  beyond  the 
Strand  Gate  of  the  city  of  New  York,  orig- 
inally purchased  in  1659  by  Andries  Jochem- 
sen  from  the  Burgomasters  and  Court  of  New 
Amsterdam,  dated  June  4,  1667. 

Plan  of  Manhattan  Island  and 
environs,  with  inset  plan  of  New 
York  City,  circa  1665.  The  so-called 
Nicolls  map,  from  the  original  pen 
and  ink  drawing  in  the  British  Mu- 


seum. Reproduced  as  one  sheet  in 
full  size  of  original.  Published  in 
1910  by  the  State  of  New  York  .  .  . 
to  accompany  Minutes  of  the  Execu- 
tive Council  of  the  Province  of  New 
York,  v.  1 . 

Paltsits,  Victor  Hugo,  editor 

Minutes  of  the  Executive  Council 
of  the  Province  of  New  York.  Ad- 
ministration of  Francis  Lovelace, 
1668-1673.  Albany,  1910.  2  v. 

These  English  documents  are  a  bridge 
between  the  first  surrender  of  New  Nether- 
land in  1664  and  the  return  of  the  Dutch 
in  1673.  There  is  a  good  deal  in  them  that 
bears  upon  the  Dutch  in  New  York  City. 

Publication  of  the  State  Historian  of  New 
York. 

Denton,  Daniel 

A  Brief  Description  of  New- 
York:  Formerly  Called  New-Neth- 
erlands. London,  1670. 

Two  copies  are  exhibited,  both  owned  by 
The  New  York  Public  Library.  Of  about 
twenty  extant  copies  only  five  have  the  title- 
page  unmutilated  at  the  bottom,  and  one  of 
these  fine  copies,  the  gift  of  George  F.  Baker, 
Jr.,  is  shown. 

The  name  "New  Netherlands"  used  by  the 
English  is  incorrect.  The  Dutch  always  used 
the  singular,  because  they  considered  "New 
Netherland"  a  single  province. 

The  first  separate  account  of  New  York  in 
English. 

A  Brief  Description  of  New  York 
.  .  .  Edited  by  John  Pennington. 
Philadelphia,  1 845. 

In:  Proceedings  of  the  Historical 
Society  of  Pennsylvania,  v.  1,  no.  1 
(March,  1845).  ' 

This  is  the  first  reprint.  Also  issued  sep- 
arately. 


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New  Net  her  land  —  The  English  Interreg- 
num: At/ministrations  of  Nicolls  and  Love- 
lace, 1664-73,  continued 

Denton  Daniel 

A  Brief  Description  of  New  York. 
New  York,  1845. 

This  is  a  new  edition  by  Gabriel  Furman, 
forming  no.  1  of  Gowans's  Bibliotheca  Ameri- 
cana, with  Penington's  introduction. 

A  Brief  Description  of  New  York. 
Cleveland,  1902. 

With  a  bibliographical  introduction  by- 
Felix  Neumann.  Issued  as  no.  1  of  the  Bur- 
rows Brothers  Reprints. 

Nowel  Amsterdam  en  Lamer- 
ique,  1672. 

Not  a  picture  of  New  Amsterdam,  but  a 
fictitious  picture  by  Jollain,  and  a  fair  sample 
of  manufactured  pictures.  Early  American 
illustrations  often  have  as  little  value  as  this 
one  with  respect  to  truth. 


Paltsits,  Victor  Hugo 

Daniel  Denton's  Description  of 
New  York  in  1670. 

In:  The  New  York  Public  Li- 
brary. Two  important  gifts  .  .  .  by 
Mr.  George  F.  Baker ,  Jr.  New  York, 
1924.  p.  9-14. 

An  account  of  Denton's  Description  of 
New  York  with  a  sketch  of  the  author  and  an 
analysis  of  his  book,  together  with  a  complete 
census  of  the  known  copies  thereof. 

Also  in  Bulletin  of  New  York  Public  Li- 
brary, v.  28  (1924),  p.  599-604. 

Appointment  of  Matthias  Nic- 
olls, John  Rider,  and  William  Crich- 
low  as  administrators  of  the  estate  of 
Thomas  Badgard,  merchant,  who 
died  intestate,  issued  by  Governor 
Francis  Lovelace,  dated  "at  Forte 
James  in  New  Yorke  ye  15  day  of 
October  in  Anno  Dni  1672."  With 
fine  red  wax  seal. 


NEW  NETHERLAND 

LAST  DUTCH  ADMINISTRATION:  ANTONY  COLVE:  1673-1674 


New  Netherland  Papers 

Secret  instruction  for  the  Dutch 
squadron,  October  12,  1672. 

This  was  the  expedition  commanded  by 
Cornelis  Evertsen,  who  had  part  in  the  re- 
capture of  New  York  in  1673. 

Second  secret  instruction  for  the 
Dutch  squadron,  October  12,  1672. 

A  part  of  the  plan  devised  was  to  cruise 
"along  the  coasts  of  Virginia,  New  Nether- 
land, without  forgetting  Newfoundland,  sub- 
sequently capturing  and  ruining  there  what- 
ever shall  be  possible." 

Appointment  of  curators  of  the 
chattels  of  Nicolaes  Davids  by  Gov- 
ernor General  Antony  Colve,  dated 
at  Fort  Willem  Hendrick,  October 
27,  1673,  signed  by  Colve  and  at- 


tested by  Secretary  Nicolas  Baijard. 
Manuscript. 

Minutes  of  Council  of  the  admin- 
istrations of  Commanders  Evertsen 
and  Benckes,  and  of  Antony  Colve, 
governor  of  New  Netherland.  1673 
and  1674. 

In:  Documents  relating  to  the  co- 
lonial history  of  the  state  of  New 
York,  v.  2. 

Melton,  Edward 

Zeldzaame  en  gedenkwaardige 
Zee-  en  Land-Reizen,  1660-1677. 
Amsterdam,  1681. 

The  account  of  New  Netherland,  on  p. 
J  36-168,  is  derived  from  Van  der  Donck  and 
Montanus. 


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New  Netherland  —  Administration  of 
Colve,  1673—74,  continued 

Melton,  Edward,  continued 

Melton  has  virtually  no  independent  his- 
torical value. 

Reprinted  with  a  new  preface  at  Amster- 
dam, 1702,  of  which  there  are  two  issues, 
again  at  Amsterdam,  1705,  with  title  reading: 
Aenmerkenswaardige  en  7,eldzame  West- 
Indisclie  Z,ee-  en  Land-Reizen. 

Selyns,  Henricus 

Domine  Henricus  Selyns'  records. 

In:  Year  book  of  the  Holland  So- 
ciety of  New  York,  1916,  p.  1-103. 

Eekhof,  Albert 

De  Noord-Amerikaansche  predi- 
kant  Henricus  Selijns  in  de  gemeente 
Waverveen  (1666-1682).  's-Grav- 
enhage,  1915. 

Separate  issue  from  the  Nederlandsch 
archief  voor  kerkgeschiedenis,  deel  xn. 

The  most  recent  study  of  Selyns,  covering 
the  period  of  his  pastorate  at  Waverveen  in  the 
province  of  Utrecht,  the  period  coming  be- 
tween his  first  and  second  sojourns  in  America. 

Selyns  came  to  New  Amsterdam  first  in 
June,  1660,  later  that  year  was  minister  in 
Brooklyn  and  also  preached  at  Stuyvesant's 
Bowery  chapel.  He  left  New  Netherland 
some  weeks  before  the  surrender  of  1664  to 
the  English.  In  August,  1682  he  came  back 
for  his  last  pastorate  in  New  York. 

Shepherd,  William  Robert 

The  passing  of  New  Amsterdam. 
New  York,  1912. 

A  popular  address  founded  principally  on 
the  printed  Records  of  New  Amsterdam,  pre- 
sented before  the  Society  of  Colonial  Wars 
in  the  State  of  New  York,  March  18,  1912, 
and  issued  as  Publication  no.  21  by  the  So- 
ciety. 

Totius  Neobelgii  nova  et  ac- 
curatissima  tabula.  [With  inset  view 
of  New  Amsterdam.]  [1673.]  Col- 
ored. 


Tonus  Neobelgii  .  .  ,  continued 

It  is  the  Restitutio  map.  The  view  has 
many  interesting  features  here  depicted  for 
the  first  time  in  an  engraved  picture  of  New 
Amsterdam. 

Other  reissues  exhibited  are  the  Carolus 
Allard,  probably  fourth  state,  after  1674  (fac- 
simile) ;  the  Reinier  and  Joshua  Ottens,  prob- 
ably about  1740;  and  Tobias  Conrad  Lotter, 
among  the  last  appearances  of  the  map  and 
view. 

Allard,  Carel 

Orbis  habitabilis  oppida  et  vestitus. 
Amsterdam  [circa  1700-10]. 

A  collection  of  100  views  of  the  chief 
cities  and  towns  of  the  world,  with  descrip- 
tive notes  by  Dr.  Ludolph  Smids.  Full  views 
engraved  by  T.  Doesburgh  and  costumed  fig- 
ures with  view  engraved  by  A.  Meijer. 

Plate  78  is  a  full  colored  view  of  "Nieu 
Amsterdam  als  [alias]  New  Yorck."  Repre- 
sents the  town  after  1673. 

Nieu  Amsterdam  —  als.  New 
Yorck.  Carolus  Allard  exc.  cum  Priv. 
ord.  Holl.  et  Westfr.  Line  engrav- 
ing. Uncolored. 

Loose  print  from  Carel  Allard's  Orbis 
habitabilis  offida  (Amsterdam,  circa  1700— 
1710). 

Nieu  Amsterdam  al.  [alias.] 
New  York.  Carolus  Allard  excudit 
cum  Privilegio  ordinum  Hollandis 
et  Westfrisias.  Uncolored. 

Plate  79  from  the  Orbis  habitabilis  of- 
fida  of  Carolus  Allard. 
In  upright  case. 

SCHENK,  PlETER 

Hecatompolis  sive  Totius  orbis 
Terrarum  Oppida  Nobiliora  Centum 
exquisite  collecta  atque  eleganter  de- 
picta.  1702. 

The  Schenk  view  in  the  original  collec- 
tion of  a  hundred  views  of  cities  is  similar  to 
the  Allard. 


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Co/ve,  1673—74,  continued 

Nieu  Amsterdam,  een  stedeken 
in  Noord  Amerikaes  Nieu  Hollant, 
op  het  eilant  Mankattan  [sic] :  nam- 
aels  Nieu  jork  genaemt,  toen  het 
geraekte  in 't  gebiet  der  Engelschen 
.  .  .  [Also  3  lines  in  Latin.]  Pet. 
Schenk  Amsteld,  C.  P. 

Plate  from  Pieter  Schenk's  Hecatomfolis, 
1702. 

In  upright  case. 

New  York,  a  City  in  N.  America 
inhabited  by  English  and  Dutch  sub- 
ject to  the  K.  of  England. 

Shows  a  three-master  and  other  vessels  in 
foreground.  Line  engraving.  18th  century. 
Copy  of  Schenk  view,  with  alterations. 

In  upright  case. 

Roman,  Jan,  publisher 

Afbeeldinge  van  een-hondert  der 
voornaamste  en  sterkste  Steden  in 
Europa.  Amsterdam,  1752. 

Plates  executed  by  Peter  Schenk  and  here 
reissued.  Singularly  enough,  plate  92  still 
shows  in  1752  a  view  of  New  Amsterdam  of 
nearly  a  century  earlier. 

Danckaerts,  Jasper 

Journal  of  a  voyage  to  New  York 
.  .  .  1679-80.  Translated  from  the 
original  manuscript  in  Dutch  .  .  .  and 
edited  by  Henry  C.  Murphy.  Brook- 
lyn, 1867. 

The  original  Dutch  manuscript,  now 
owned  by  the  Long  Island  Historical  Society, 
turned  up  in  Amsterdam  and  was  bought  in 
1864  by  Henry  Cruse  Murphy.  It  is  a  jour- 
nal of  the  travels  of  two  Labadists,  followers 
of  the  theological  doctrines  of  Jean  de  La- 
bad  ie,  who  came  over  to  America  to  find  a 
suitable  locality  in  which  to  establish  a  com- 
munity, settling  finally  on  a  tract  in  Bohemia 
Manor,  Maryland. 


Danckaerts,  Jasper,  continued 

They  landed  in  New  York  City  on  Sep- 
tember 23,  1679,  and  visited  places  in  New 
York,  New  Jersey,  Delaware,  Maryland,  and 
Massachusetts.  The  journal  records  what  they 
saw,  heard,  or  thought.  It  is  no  doubt  valuable 
in  some  parts,  yet  needs  to  be  discounted  in 
other  parts. 

The  Dutch  text  has  not  been,  but  should 
be,  published. 

This  is  the  first  publication  of  this  journal, 
issued  as  Memoirs  of  Long  Island  Historical 
Society,  v.  1  (Brooklyn,  1867). 

100  copies  were  also  issued  separately  in 
royal  octavo  and  on  thick  paper. 

Journal  .  .  .  1679-1680.  Edited 
by  B.  B.  James  and  J.  F.  Jameson. 
New  York,  1913. 

Murphy's  translation  slightly  revised,  with 
some  omissions.  Has  a  valuable  introduction 
and  more  numerous  annotations  than 
Murphy's  edition. 

Birdseye  view  of  New  York  as 
seen  from  Brooklyn  Heights,  1679. 
Drawn  by  Jasper  Danckaerts. 

The  original  sketch  is  in  the  Danckaerts 
manuscript  Journal  in  the  possession  of  The 
Long  Island  Historical  Society. 

Gelatine  plate  reproduction,  original  size, 
made  for  I.  N.  Phelps  Stokes,  Esq.  In  upright 
case. 

South  prospect  of  the  City  of 
New  York.  By  William  Burgis, 
1717.  Lithographic  reduction.  Copy- 
right by  Joseph  F.  Sabin,  1898. 

Only  two  copies  of  the  original  engraving 
of  this  first  issue  of  the  plate  are  known.  The 
reproduction  is  from  the  copy  in  the  New 
York  Historical  Society. 

Water-Color  enlargement  of  a 
portion  of  the  Burgis  view  of  New 
York,  1717,  showing  Fulton  Ferry 
on  the  Brooklyn  side. 

Purchased  in  1901  from  Joseph  F.  Sabin. 


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THE  NEW  YORK  PUBLIC  LIBRARY 


NEW  YORK  CELEBRATIONS 

1914-1915-1924 


Ceremony  inaugurating  the  ter- 
centenary of  the  chartered  commerce 
of  New  York,  held  on  Staten  Island 
.  .  .  March  27,  1914.  Folder. 

New  York  Commercial  Tercen- 
tenary Commission 
1614-1914.  Commemorative 
meeting  upon  the  300th  anniversary 
of  the  granting,  by  the  States  General 
of  the  United  Netherlands,  of  the 
first  charter  for  trading  to  what  is 
now  the  State  of  New  York.  At  the 
Hotel  Astor,  New  York  City,  March 
27,  1914.  [Program.] 

Invitation  circular  to  the  com- 
memorative meeting  at  the  Hotel 
Astor,  March  27,  1914. 

The  commercial  tercentenary  of 
New  York.  1614-1914.  Containing 
a  brief  history  of  the  beginning  of 
the  regularly  chartered  commerce  of 
New  Netherland  and  the  permanent 
settlement  of  what  is  now  the  State 
of  New  York.  [By  Edward  Haga- 
man  Hall.  ]  New  York,  1914. 

Reprinted  from  the  First  annual  refort 
oi  the  Commission. 

The  City  of  New  York  commem- 
oration of  the  two  hundred  and  fif- 
tieth anniversary  of  the  installation 
of  the  first  Mayor  and  Board  of  Al- 
dermen of  the  City  of  New  York  on 
June  24,  1665  ..  .  June  24,  1915. 
Order  of  the  day. 

Invitation  from  the  Mayor  to 
the  ceremonies  commemorating  the 
two  hundred  and  fiftieth  anniversary 
of  the  installation  of  the  first  Mayor 


and  Board  of  Aldermen,  held  June 
24,  1915. 

Hall,  Edward  Hagaman 

The  New  York  commercial  ter- 
centenary. 1614-1914. 

In:  Annual  re-port  of  the  American 
Scenic  and  Historic  Preservation  So- 
ciety for  1914,  p.  441-500. 

Seal  and  flag  of  the  City  of  New 
York. 

In:  Annual  report  of  the  American 
Scenic  and  Historic  Preservation  So- 
ciety for  1915,  p.  819-852. 

Opened  at  plate  1 7,  showing  the  New 
York  Commercial  Tercentenary  official  medal 

Herbert,  Victor 

The  orange,  white  &  blue.  Music 
by  Victor  Herbert.  [Words  by  John 
B.Pine.]  New  York  [1915].' 

Prepared  for  use  in  the  public  schools  of 
New  York  City  during  the  celebration  of 
June  24,  1915,  and  the  adoption  of  the 
official  flag  and  seal  of  the  city. 

Miniature  copy  of  the  new  city 
flag  and  official  badge,  for  use  at  the 
exercises  to  celebrate  the  adoption  of 
the  city's  official  flag  and  the  restora- 
tion of  the  citv's  ancient  seal,  June 
24,  1915. 

Pine,  John  B. 

The  orange,  white  and  blue.  June 
24,  1915.  [New  York,  1915.]  " 

Words  only. 

On  the  back  cover  is  the  proclamation  of 
Mayor  John  Purroy  Mitchel,  regarding  the 
ceremonies  at  the  raising  of  the  new  city  flag. 

Card  of  admission  to  City  Hall 
for  the  ceremonies  on  June  24,  1915. 


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New  York  Celebrations,  1914-15-24,  cont'd 

New  York  City.  Art  Commission 
On  the  adoption  of  an  official  flag 
by  the  City  of  New  York  and  the 
restoration  of  the  ancient  corporate 
seal.  Report  prepared  by  a  commit- 
tee of  the  Art  Commission  Associates 
for  submission  to  the  Art  Commission 
of  the  City  of  New  York.  January, 
1915.  New  York,  1915. 

New  York.  Board  of  Aldermen 

Report  of  the  special  committee  of 
the  Board  of  Aldermen  on  the  two 
hundred  and  fiftieth  anniversary  of 
the  installation  of  the  first  Mayor  and 
Board  of  Aldermen  .  .  .  June  24, 
1665,  and  the  adoption  of  the  official 
city  flag,  Tune  24,  1915.  New  York 
[1915].  * 

Invitation  from  the  Mayor  to 
meet  the  Governor  of  the  State  of 
New  York  at  the  City  Hall,  June  24, 
1915. 

Invitation  from  the  Mayor  to  at- 
tend the  ceremony  of  raising  the  new 
official  city  flag  at  the  City  Hall,  June 
24,  1915. 

New  York  City  corporation  cele- 
bration, commemorating  the  250th 
anniversary  of  the  installation  of  the 
first  Mayor  and  Board  of  Aldermen 
and  the  adoption  of  the  official  city 
flag. 

In:  Annual  report  of  the  American 
Scenic  and  Historic  Preservation  So- 
ciety for  1 9 1 6,  p.  443-486. 

Card  of  Admission  to  the  meet- 
ing in  preparation  for  New  York's 
Tricentennial  at  the  Great  Hall  of 
the  College  of  the  City  of  New  York, 
March  28,  1924. 


The  City  of  New  York.  1 665  — 
1915.  The  old  seal.  [On  back  cover: 
The  City  of  New  York.  1665  — 
1915.  The  new  flag.]  [New  York, 
1915.] 

Description  of  the  new  official  flag  and  the 
ancient  seal. 

The  Huguenot-Walloon  New 
Netherland  Commission,  Inc. 
1624-1924.  [Outline  of  plans  for 

the  tercentenary  celebration.]  New 

York  [1924]. 

Huguenot -Walloon  New  Neth- 
erland Commission,  Inc. 
The  Huguenot  half  dollar  and  the 

New  Netherland  tercentenary.  New 

York  [1924]. 

Huguenot- Walloon  tercente- 
nary half  dollar. 

Invitation  from  the  Staten 
Island  Committee,  Huguenot- 
Walloon  Tercentenary  to  join  the 
historical  pilgrimage  through  Staten 
Island,  May  17,  1924. 

Invitation  from  the  Huguenot- 
Walloon  New  Netherland  Tercen- 
tenary Commission,  Inc.,  to  attend 
the  celebrations  held  May  17-22, 
1924. 

Invitation  to  the  dedication  of 
the  Huguenot  Church,  Huguenot 
Park,  S.  I.,  on  May  18,  1924. 

Reformed    Protestant  Dutch 
Church  of  the  Huguenots, 
Huguenot  Park,  S.  I. 
Dedication  week  services  .  .  .  May 

18  to  25,  1924.  [Program.] 


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